Astronaut Noguchi returns to Earth in SpaceX capsule

Astronaut Noguchi returns to Earth in SpaceX capsule

People celebrate the return of Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi to Earth on May 2, 2021, in front of a monitor screen set up at the city hall of Chigasaki, his hometown in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. U.S. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts including Noguchi splashed down off the coast of Florida, returning to Earth after their six-month mission at the International Space Station.

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