Four astronauts from four countries caught a lift back to Earth with on Tuesday to end at the International Space Station.

Their capsule streaked across the U.S. in the predawn darkness and splashed into the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle.

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They moved into the space station last August. Their replacements in their own SpaceX capsule.

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NASA prefers in case of rocket trouble. Boeing should start providing astronaut taxi service with a two-pilot test flight in early May.

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Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press