Four astronauts return after eight-month ISS mission
publishers 26articles 27first reported 7 Oct, 21:59 UTCdeveloping since 8 Oct · 9 editions
Four astronauts returned from the International Space Station on Thursday, splashing down by parachute in a SpaceX Dragon capsule in the Pacific Ocean off California after an eight-month mission.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev left the station Wednesday. All four exited the capsule within an hour and boarded a recovery ship before traveling by helicopter to shore, with plans to continue to Houston. Seven astronauts remained aboard the station.
The crew had launched in February to replace four station occupants who returned early after NASA astronaut Mike Fincke became ill. Their own return was delayed by three weeks while their replacement capsule underwent repairs.
During the mission, Meir completed four spacewalks and Adenot completed three, becoming the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk.
Speaking Saturday at the European Space Agency training center in Cologne, Germany, Adenot said viewing Earth from orbit revealed “no divisions, no borders,” only “a precious planet that we all share.” She was assisted by ESA physicians upon arrival and was expected to undergo about three weeks of physical rehabilitation after adapting to weightlessness.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
Written from 8 articles, 2 with the publisher's own text; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 48 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
- Publishers
- 26
- Source articles
- 27
- Given to the writer
- 8, 2 with the article's own text
- Independent newsrooms
- 8
- This version written
- 48 h after the record first saw the story
- Second model (editor)
- revised
- Publication gate
- passed
- Human review
- none
WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.
WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Remove the unsupported meta-commentary about differing reports while leaving the sourced duration information intact. - "Reports differed on the exact length of Adenot’s stay, placing it at between 235 and 237 days.": This is commentary about discrepancies in the source material rather than reporting, and it is unnecessary to make the story faithful.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Four astronauts return after eight-month ISS mission
Four astronauts returned from the International Space Station on Thursday, splashing down by parachute in a SpaceX Dragon capsule in the Pacific Ocean off California after an eight-month mission.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French astronaut Sophie Adenot and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev left the station Wednesday. All four exited the capsule within an hour and boarded a recovery ship before traveling by helicopter to shore, with plans to continue to Houston. Seven astronauts remained aboard the station.
The crew had launched in February to replace four station occupants who returned early after NASA astronaut Mike Fincke became ill. Their own return was delayed by three weeks while their replacement capsule underwent repairs.
During the mission, Meir completed four spacewalks and Adenot completed three, becoming the first French woman to conduct a spacewalk. Reports differed on the exact length of Adenot’s stay, placing it at between 235 and 237 days.
Speaking Saturday at the European Space Agency training center in Cologne, Germany, Adenot said viewing Earth from orbit revealed “no divisions, no borders,” only “a precious planet that we all share.” She was assisted by ESA physicians upon arrival and was expected to undergo about three weeks of physical rehabilitation after adapting to weightlessness.
Written by a language model from the sources above, then checked by a second model that may only cut, attribute or correct. How it works →