After 199 days in space, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet left the International Space Station together with alongside NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, marking the end of his second six-month mission known as Alpha.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour transporting Crew-2 autonomously undocked from the International Space Station and flew around the orbital outpost for two hours to survey the exterior. After a series of burns in an eight-hour flight the capsule, entered Earth’s atmosphere and deployed parachutes for a soft water-landing. Thomas and crew splashed down off the coast of Florida, USA on 9 November 2021 at 03:33 GMT (04:33 CET).
From there, Thomas took a helicopter to the mainland, flew to Houston, and then on to Cologne, Germany, to arrive at night on the same day.
This video shows scenes from his arrival and greeting the media and crowd.
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Source: ESA Top Multimedia