SpaceX Crew-2's historic mission to International Space Station (36 images)

SpaceX's Crew Dragon returned to Earth with a splashdown near Pensacola, Fla., on November 8, 2021, after completing a six-month mission. The crew lifted off on April 23, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station. The mission was the first to carry people on a previously flown SpaceX rocket and capsule.

Pesquet is helped out of the spacecraft. Photo by Aubrey Gemignani/NASA

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Kimbrough smiles as he is helped out of the spacecraft. Photo by Aubrey Gemignani/NASA

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA's second crew to the ISS at 5:49 a.m. on April 23 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 vents about 30 minutes before it is launched. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI

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