Expedition 68 NASA's SpaceX crew-4 news conference

Aboard the international space station NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Kristoforetti answered questions and remarks about their mission during a news conference October 11. The crew-4 astronauts aboard the space station since April and return to Earth via a parachute assisted splashdown this month. The four crew members have been living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. Such research benefit people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency's Artemis mission, which will send astronauts to the moon to prepare for future expedition to Mars.