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. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast a day after departing the orbiting lab.

Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after spending about five months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Their capsule parachuted down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California,

The splashdown off San Diego closed out a 148-day mission for two NASA astronauts, a Japanese flier and a Russian cosmonaut.