Nasa-SpaceX crew makes joyful return to Earth after two US astronauts were stuck for months – as it happened

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Nasa astronauts ‘full of grins, ear to ear’ after landing back on Earth

We are really being given every detail of the astronauts’ return to Earth, including that they essentially just tightened their seatbelts for their return.

We recently heard on the live feed “tablets are secured, restraints are tight and visors down”, which was further explained by Kate Tice as meaning that “per their instructions, Crew 9 has now put away everything that is necessary in order to begin their re-entry”, including tightening their safety harnesses.

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