SpaceX splashdown: Four astronauts to return from record-breaking mission
A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule soared back from outer space and made a parachute landing in the Gulf of Mexico, returning four astronauts from a record-setting mission to the International Space Station.
Posted: May 3, 2021 2:46 PM
Posted By: CNN
Four astronauts are on their way home from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, ending their five-month mission to the orbiting laboratory. The astronauts set a record for the longest time in space by a crew that launched aboard an American-built spacecraft.
On Saturday evening, the crew climbed aboard their spacecraft, which had remained fixed to the space station s docking ports since the astronauts arrived in November. They undocked from the ISS at 8:37 pm ET, and will spend the night aboard their capsule as it freeflies through orbit. The spacecraft fire up its on-board engines to start safely descending back into the Earth s t
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Updated: 11:52 AM EDT May 1, 2021 Four astronauts are preparing to return home from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, ending their five-month mission to the orbiting laboratory. The astronauts set a record for the longest time in space by a crew that launched aboard an American-built spacecraft.On Saturday evening, the crew is slated to climb aboard their spacecraft, which has remained fixed to the space station s docking ports since the astronauts arrived in November. They ll undock from the ISS around 8:30 pm ET and then spend the night aboard their capsule as it freeflies through orbit. The spacecraft will fire up its on-board engines to safely cut back into the Earth s thick atmosphere, and it ll use a series of parachutes to slow its decent before splashing down off the coast Florida Sunday morning around 2:57 am ET.As the vehicle glides toward the ocean with a plume of four large parachutes billowing overhead, a brigade of rescue sh