Easter in orbit: Patriarch Kirill congratulates astronauts on the ISS

Easter in orbit: Patriarch Kirill congratulates astronauts on the ISS

The Crew Dragon-1 spacecraft successfully splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. The journey from orbit to Earth took six and a half hours, MIR 24 reports.

All the parachutes of the vehicle opened, and the ship landed in a given area. There, US Coast Guard boats and a search and rescue vessel were waiting for him. The capsule was lifted aboard using a hydraulic device and then the hatches were opened. The Americans Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and the Japanese Soichi Noguchi returned to Earth. They spent six months on the International Space Station.

Easter in orbit: Patriarch Kirill congratulates ISS cosmonauts

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  Crew Dragon-2 delivered their replacements to the ISS. Now seven people are on watch in orbit, including the Russians Oleg Novitsky and Petr Dubrov. In this composition, the crew will remain at the station until autumn. Today Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill contacted them and congratulated them on Easter. The cosmonauts told what this holiday means to them.

  “Thank you very much for your congratulations. We are very pleased to be in orbit on this holy holiday and do our job. For us, as for any person, spiritual support is very important, which gives strength to work far from our native Earth, from our relatives and friends, ”said cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky.