Retrieving the astronauts from the ocean
NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, have been at the ISS since November.
From left, astronauts Shannon Walker, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Soichi Noguchi returned to Earth on May 2 after six months in space. (Image credit: NASA/The Associated Press)
They were meant to return to Earth on April 28, but had to reschedule due to bad weather.
Instead, they decided to leave the ISS late Saturday night and began heading toward Earth’s atmosphere.
Infrared cameras tracked the astronauts’ capsule as it re-entered the atmosphere, looking like a bright star streaking through the night sky.