Tag: splashdown

SpaceX Returns 4 Astronauts to Earth; Rare Night Splashdown

May 2, 2021
astronautsEarthScienceScience NewsSpaceSpaceXsplashdownUSUS News
0 Comment

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m., ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s…

Read More

SpaceX Making 1st US Crew Splashdown in Dark Since Apollo 8

May 1, 2021
Elon MuskNASAScienceSpaceSpaceXsplashdownteslaUSUS News
0 Comment

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX this weekend will attempt the first U.S. splashdown of returning astronauts in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in 1968. Elon Musk’s company is targeting the predawn hours of Sunday to bring back three NASA astronauts and one from Japan, after dangerously high wind scuttled a pair of earlier attempts. The astronauts—only…

Read More