在太空待了 237 天，太空人返回地球
Four astronauts have splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, bringing an eight-month mission to a close.
The Crew-12 team – NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev – spent 237 days in space. During that time, they circled the Earth more than 3,700 times and travelled over 100 million miles. Recovery teams reached their capsule shortly after it landed in the water.
While on board the International Space Station, the crew carried out hundreds of hours of scientific research. Their experiments included growing stem cells in space, producing medical fluids on demand and studying how certain bacteria might damage the heart.
The mission also included several spacewalks. Jessica Meir stepped outside the station four times, bringing her career total to seven. That puts her third among NASA's women for the number of spacewalks. Sophie Adenot completed three spacewalks and became the first French woman ever to work outside the station.
For Hathaway and Adenot, it was their first trip into space, while Meir and Fedyaev were making their second. After a period of medical checks, the astronauts will slowly readjust to life under Earth's gravity.
四名太空人搭乘的太空船在洛杉磯外海的太平洋安全濺落，為長達八個月的任務畫下句點。
「Crew-12」的成員包括 NASA 太空人潔西卡．梅爾和傑克．海瑟威、歐洲太空人蘇菲．阿德諾，以及俄羅斯太空人安德烈．費佳耶夫。他們在太空中待了 237 天，繞地球超過 3,700 圈，飛行距離超過 1 億英里。太空艙落海後不久，回收團隊就趕到現場。
在國際太空站期間，他們進行了數百小時的科學實驗，包括在太空中培養幹細胞、依需求現場製作醫療用輸液，以及研究某些細菌可能如何傷害心臟。
任務期間也安排了幾次太空漫步。潔西卡．梅爾出艙四次，個人累計達到七次，在 NASA 女性太空人中排名第三。蘇菲．阿德諾完成三次太空漫步，成為第一位在太空站外工作的法國女性。
對海瑟威和阿德諾來說，這是他們第一次上太空；梅爾和費佳耶夫則是第二次。經過一段時間的醫療檢查後，幾位太空人會慢慢重新適應地球的重力。