By Michael Sheetz, CNBC •
Updated on May 2, 2021 at 6:43 am
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The astronauts of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-1 mission spent more than five months in space for the Crew-1 mission, the longest-ever duration for a crew launched in an American-built spacecraft.
NASA's Shannon Walker, Mike Hopkins, and Victor Glover and Japan's Soichi Noguchi first reached the International Space Station via the Dragon capsule, Resilience, last November.
The astronauts spent more than five months in space, the longest-ever duration for a crew launched in an American-built spacecraft.
The four astronauts aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule "Resilience" safely returned to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in parachutes landing in the Gulf of Mexico after a record-setting mission to the International Space Station.