San Diego, United States of America. 09 August, 2025. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers is helped aboard a helicopter on the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, August 9, 2025 off the coast of San Diego, California. Expedition 73 crew including; NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, returned after nearly 7-months in space aboard the International Space Station. Credit: Keegan Barber/NASA/Alamy Live News

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