Space X astronauts return to Earth
ANI
02 May 2021, 21:37 GMT+10
Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): NASA's Space X Crew-1 astronauts truly deserve a big hand as after surviving 167 days in space, the longest duration mission for a U.S. spacecraft since the final Skylab mission in 1974, Dragon and the Crew-1 astronauts returned safely to Earth on Sunday morning!SpaceX's Crew Dragon, carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, splashed down safely to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown at 2:56 a.m. EDT off the coast of Panama City, Florida.
Crews aboard SpaceX recovery vessels successfully recovered the spacecraft and astronauts. After returning to shore, the astronauts will fly back to Houston.