NASA s SpaceX first crew mission on way home from space station
1 2021-05-02 14:26:24Xinhua
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NASA s 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 the final Skylab mission in 1974.
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NASA and SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts safely splash down off Florida coast -
Four astronauts strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule safely splashed down into glasslike waters off the Florida 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 2:57 a.m. Eastern time. SpaceX boats stationed near Panama City quickly swarmed the capsule, named Resilience, and prepped for recovery. On behalf of NASA and SpaceX teams, we welcome you back to planet Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX, a Crew Operations and Resources Engineer, or CORE, said during the live webcast. For those of you enrolled in our frequent flier program, you ve earned 68 million miles on this voyage.
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.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – Plunging through the Earth’s atmosphere and splashing down by moonlight SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft successfully returned three American and one Japanese astronaut to Earth following six months in space.
NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker along with Japanese space agency, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi first began their journey home by undocking the SpaceX Dragon Resilience from the International Space Station Saturday evening. The four astronauts make up Crew-1, the first long-duration mission to the International Space Station with SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.
The Dragon spacecraft called Resilience blasted through Earth’s atmosphere after 2 a.m. ET, then aided by a parachute system the spacecraft slowed from 350 mph to 15 mph to gently drop into the Gulf of Mexico where recovery teams were waiting. The astronauts experienced over 4 Gs upon re-entry.
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