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Four astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station early on Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash-down in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA said.
Their return marked the end of the first crew rotation mission to the station by the Crew Dragon spacecraft, developed in partnership between NASA and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, the agency said in a statement.
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The crew – NASA’s Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi – had launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 15, propelled by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA s Crew-1 astronauts safely splash down after Space Station Mission ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 16:47 IST
Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): NASA s space-x >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 NASAastronauts 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.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company s Dragon spacecraft launches for NASA s SpaceX Crew-1 mission, to the International Space Station, at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, on Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 15 November 2020. EPA-EFE FILE/CJ GUNTHER
Members of the Crew-1 mission, Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (L) NASA Mission specialist Shannon Walker (2L), NASA pilot Victor Glover (2R) and NASA Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins (R) arrive at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in preparation for their upcoming mission into space, on Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 08 November 2020. EPA-EFE FILE/CJ GUNTHER
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WASHINGTON, May 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Four astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, completing NASA s first commercial crew, long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. The return comes nearly six months after the crew members arrived at the microgravity laboratory and also marks the longest-duration mission of a crewed American spacecraft to date.
SpaceX s Crew Dragon, carrying NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, returned 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.