A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying four space tourists splashed down off the coast of California on Friday. This was the first crewed mission to travel around the Earth in a polar orbit, passing by both the North and South poles. This is also the first splashdown in 50 years in the Pacific Ocean. Three Nasa astronauts who were assigned to the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission were the last people to return from space to the Pacific. Billionaire Chun Wang, who led the crew's training and spaceflight mission, provided the flight's private funding.
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