Four astronauts are back on Earth after a five-month stay at the International Space Station. Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing’s Starliner.

Four astronauts are returning to Earth after nearly five months on board the International Space Station. NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers along with Russian and Japanese astronauts are scheduled to splash down off the Southern California coast.

That was the sentiment expressed by Mike Fincke, who arrived at the International Space Station with SpaceX's Crew-11 mission last Saturday (Aug. 2). A veteran space traveller — this is his fourth time on the ISS — Fincke quickly settled into his orbital home and began preparing for the day that he and others can go farther away from Earth.