After an unexpected nine-month stay in space, two NASA astronauts finally returned to Earth on Tuesday (Mar 18), concluding a mission that gripped global attention and became a political flashpoint. A SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams streaked through the atmosphere before deploying parachutes for a gentle splashdown off the Florida coast. CNA’s Julie Yoo explains what has happened, while Professor Quentin Parker, director of the University of Hong Kong’s Lab for Space Research, tells CNA’s Asia First how he thinks NASA and SpaceX handled the situation.
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