Nasa’s Space-X Crew-6 splashed back down on Earth after a six-month stay at the International Space Station.
Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.
Sultan al-Neyadi, the first Arab person to spend an extended time in orbit, was among the members of the Crew-6 mission run jointly by NASA and SpaceX.
He was joined by NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Russia’s Andrei Fedyaev.
The crew, shortly after landing. Pic: AP
Sultan al-Neyadi is helped out of the SpaceX capsule. Pic: AP
Before heading back to Earth, the crew – who had arrived at the station in March – said they were craving hot showers, steaming cups of coffee and the ocean air.
Their homecoming was delayed a day because of poor weather at the splashdown locations.
However, in the end they provided a spectacular middle-of-the-night show as their capsule streaked through the sky over Cape Canaveral before splashing down near Jacksonville.
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