NEWS · B2 Level - Part 6

The return of SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule

A group of astronauts is back on Earth after spending nearly 5 months aboard the International Space Station.

Level: B2 · 7 sentences

Transcript

1. A group of astronauts is back on Earth after spending nearly 5 months aboard the International Space Station.
2. They returned in a SpaceX Dragon capsule on Saturday.
3. This was the third manned Pacific splashdown for SpaceX, a private exploration company.
4. But because the company partnered with astronauts from NASA, it was a major milestone for the US.
5. The first splashdown for NASA in 50 years.
6. Two Americans returned on the Dragon along with astronauts from Japan and Russia.
7. The last time NASA astronauts landed in the Pacific was during the 1975 Apollo Soya's mission.