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The astronauts completed their six-month mission on the International Space Station

SpaceX has safely landed 4 astronauts in the ocean for NASA, completing the USs longest human spaceflight mmcfalljohnsen@insider.com (Morgan McFall-Johnsen) © SpaceX via NASA NASAs Crew-1 mission crew members in SpaceXs Crew Dragon spacecraft (left to right): NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Mike Hopkins, as well as JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi. SpaceX via NASA SpaceXs Crew Dragon Resilience spaceship has returned to Earth and landed in the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-02 19:09 Share CLOSE ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of Japan of Crew 2 assemble with Crew 1 for a welcome ceremony after they arrived aboard the International Space Station, after docking SpaceXs Crew Dragon capsule obiting the earth April 24, 2021 in a still image from video. [Photo/Agencies] WASHINGTON - The SpaceX Crew Dragon ...

2021-05-02 04:35:36 GMT2021-05-02 12:35:36(Beijing Time) Xinhua English WASHINGTON, May 1 (Xinhua) -- NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 mission undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday and was on its way back to Earth. The Crew-1 mission, which consists of NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, is scheduled to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico at 2:57 a.m. Eastern Time (0657 GMT) Sunday. Th...

A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule soared back from outer space Sunday morning and made a parachute landing in the Gulf of Mexico, returning four astronauts from a record-setting mission to the International Space Station. The astronauts — NASA’s Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi, an astronaut with Japan’s space agency — had boarded their Crew Dragon capsule Friday afternoon, and they spent all night aboard the 13-foot-wide, fully autonomous capsule as it cond...

NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 mission undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday and was on its way back to Earth.   The Crew-1 mission, which consists of NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, is scheduled to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico at 2:57 a.m. Eastern Time (0657 GMT) Sunday.   The four astronauts are returning home after 167 days in space -- the most for a U.S. spacecraft since th...

--- Four astronauts strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule safely splashed down into glasslike waters off the Panama City coast early Sunday, wrapping up their six-month mission to the International Space Station. After departing the night before, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Soichi Noguchi and Shannon Walker were lowered into the Gulf of Mexico under the safety of four main parachutes at 1:57 a.m. CDT. SpaceX boats stationed near Panama City quickly swarmed the capsule, named Resilien...

2021-05-02 11:05:45 GMT2021-05-02 19:05:45(Beijing Time) Xinhua English WASHINGTON, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four Crew-1 astronauts parachuted to a splashdown off the coast of Florida early Sunday, completing a six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft, named Resilience, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida at 2:56 a.m. Eastern Time (0656 GMT) Sunday. Recovery vessels hoisted the spacecraft out o...

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 stations docking ports since the astronauts ar...

The first formal crewed mission to the International Space Station using a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket was a historic achievement for both NASA and SpaceX. The four-astronaut roster that made the trip from Earth to the orbiting laboratory arrived on November 16th of 2020, which means that as it's the end of April 2021, it's time to come home and make room for the next ISS expedition to get underway. Unfortunately, despite a...