NASA-SpaceX Dragon crew returns after 6 months space mission(1/5)

This screengrab taken from the SpaceX live webcast shows a view of the Crew-2 SpaceX Dragon capsule dubbed "Endeavour" as they return to earth on Nov. 8, 2021.(Photo/Agencies)

A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts left the International Space Station bound for Earth on Monday after spending six busy months aboard the orbital outpost. Since arriving on April 24, the crew of two Americans, a Frenchman and one Japanese astronaut conducted hundreds of experiments and helped upgrade the station's solar panels.

This screen grab taken from the SpaceX live webcast shows the Crew-2 SpaceX Dragon capsule dubbed "Endeavour" with its parachutes deployed just before splashing down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)

This screen grab taken from the SpaceX live webcast shows the Crew-2 SpaceX Dragon capsule dubbed "Endeavour" with its parachutes deployed as it splashes down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)

This NASA handout photo shows (fromL) ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)

This NASA handout photo shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft as it lands with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Aki Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo/Agencies)