4 people and 5 months in space, NASA's Crew-10 mission safely returns to Earth

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Brendan Byrne

From left, NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 members Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi pose for a group portrait inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module on July 19, 2025.

A crew of four wrapped up a nearly five-month stay on the International Space Station, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California under a canopy of parachutes Saturday in the same SpaceX capsule that launched NASA's Crew-10 mission to the station back in March.

It took the capsule about 17 hours to make the trip home, experiencing re-entry temperatures of around 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it punched through the atmosphere following Friday's undocking with the ISS.