NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 missionoff the coast of Pensacola, Florida made a successful landing. With landing at 3:29 a.m. (EDT) on Friday, the mission completed nearly eight months of scientific work. It was NASA’s eighth commercial astronaut rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Crew-8 missionIt launched on March 3 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. The crew included NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin.

Task completed successfully

During their time in space, the team traveled approximately 100 million miles, completed 3,760 orbits and conducted scientific research. These studies include the investigation of degenerative diseases and Effects of spaceflight on human health It is located.

Return of the crew of Crew-8took place under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. After landing Rescue teams from NASA and SpaceX, evacuated the crew safely. The Dragon spacecraft will be returned to SpaceX facilities for future missions. The return of Crew-8 is considered an important step in space exploration.