The American Space Exploration Technology Company "Dragon" spacecraft, which carried four astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia, returned to the earth on the 11th and landed near Florida in the southeast of the United States. The "Dragon" spacecraft left the International Space Station at 2:20 EDT on the 11th (15:20 GMT on the 11th) and returned to Earth. At 21:02 EST on the 11th (10:02 EST on the 12th), the spacecraft landed in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Florida. The "Dragon" spacecraft carrying out the mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 5 last year, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station to carry out the space mission code-named "Crew-5", and carrying out scientific research on cardiovascular health, bioprinting, and fluid movement in microgravity environment. The four astronauts who returned to the earth on the "Dragon" spacecraft were NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Josh Kasada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Ruoda, and Russian astronaut Anna Kikina. The "Dragon" spacecraft is the first manned spacecraft built by private enterprises in the United States to transport astronauts to and from the space station. It is also the first new manned spacecraft certified by NASA to routinely transport astronauts to and from the space station since the United States Space Shuttle. (Xinhua News Agency)