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SpaceX: Astronauts leave International Space Station ahead of nightime splashdown
2 May, 2021 02:28 AM
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This image from video provided by NASA shows the SpaceX capsule as it departs the International Space Station. Photo / AP
This image from video provided by NASA shows the SpaceX capsule as it departs the International Space Station. Photo / AP
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A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late Saturday, aiming for a rare nighttime splashdown to end the company s second crew flight.
It would be the first U.S. splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8′s crew returned from the moon in 1968.
Four ISS astronauts splash down in SpaceX capsule 02 May 2021 - 22:25 Frances Kerry Nasa astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule onboard the SpaceX recovery ship shortly after landing in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, the US, May 2 2021. Picture: NASA/BILL INGALLS/REUTERS Four astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) early on Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) said.
The video features Bezos wearing a cowboy-hat and driving an electric Rivian truck through the Texas desert right after Blue Origin s 15th New Shepard test flight on April 14.