After a five-month stay, four astronauts return from the ISS on a SpaceX trip

During a brief SpaceX ride home, four astronauts from the space station arrived back on Earth late on Saturday. Their capsule landed with a splash in the Gulf of Mexico not far from Tampa in Florida. The American-Russian-Japanese crew, which arrived in October last year, spent five months on board the International Space Station. The astronauts also had to deal with two Russian capsules connected to the orbiting outpost that were leaking as well as the urgent delivery of a replacement vehicle for the station’s other crew members.The astronauts checked out of the station early on Saturday morning, led by NASA’s Nicole Mann, the first Native American woman to travel to space. Their Dragon capsule was bobbing in the water as they awaited pickup less than 19 hours later. They were at the station for an additional few days earlier in the week due to strong winds and waves in the splashdown zones. Their replacements have been here for more than a week.