At around 4:35 am from Paris, on Monday night, Space X's Dragon capsule landed off Florida.
On board, the French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, 43, returned from a six-month mission in the International Space Station (ISS).
He was accompanied by the Japanese Akihiko Hoshide and the Americans Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur.
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As can be seen in the video published by NASA this morning, the Dragon capsule, slowed down by the Earth's atmosphere and then by four huge parachutes, withstood the vertiginous descent thanks to its heat shield.
It was then retrieved by a ship stationed at sea nearby, and soon after the spaceship's hatch was opened so that the astronauts could exit.
They will then be brought back to dry land by helicopter.
