Four astronauts who touched down in Florida this week had spent the last six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). They were part of NASA's Crew-6 mission, which lasted nearly six months in orbit

. Specifically, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, along with United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, returned after conducting over 200 science experiments and spacewalks during their stay on the ISS

. Additionally, there are other astronauts who recently returned after extended missions on the ISS, such as NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who spent nine months in space due to a mission extension caused by spacecraft issues

. However, the four astronauts who touched down this week after six months were from the Crew-6 mission