SpaceX Crew-4, the mission Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk's company conducted in cooperation with the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), ended successfully when the capsule that carried the stream members splashed down off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida.
The mission took off on April 27 and carried Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins from NASA and Samantha Cristoforetti from the European Space Agency (ESA) to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew spent 170 days in orbit.
"The spacecraft, named Freedom by Crew-4, will return to Florida for inspection and processing at SpaceX's [facility] Dragon Lair, where teams will examine the spacecraft's data and performance throughout the flight," NASA said in its statement.
