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Has splashdown happened?

Has splashdown happened?

Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft by parachute in a body of water….Uncrewed spacecraft.

Spacecraft Crew Dragon Demo-1
Agency SpaceX
Landing date March 8, 2019
Coordinates In the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Pensacola, Florida
Recovery ship GO Searcher

Is Dragon coming back to Earth?

After 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, Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi, returned to Earth on Sunday, May 2, 2021.

Where is Dragon splashing down?

SpaceX returned its Crew Dragon spacecraft from orbit on Saturday, with the capsule carrying the four members of the Inspiration4 mission back to Earth after three days in space. Crew Dragon capsule Resilience splashed down off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida in the Atlantic Ocean.

Who were the crew to the Apollo 9 mission?

Apollo 9 was the third crewed Apollo flight and the first to include the LM. Aboard the Apollo capsule, nicknamed “Gumdrop,” were the crew: Commander James McDivitt, Lunar Module Pilot Russell Schweickart, and Command Module Pilot David R. Scott. Two of the three crewmembers were not new to spaceflight.

Where will the astronauts splash down?

After three days in space, SpaceX’s first all-civilian crew will return to Earth tonight with a splashdown off the Florida coast to end a mission like no other in history. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience is scheduled to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean near Florida tonight (Sept.

Did Inspiration4 come back?

Inspiration4’s crew of civilian astronauts is sharing their joy after returning to Earth from their three-day mission in orbit. The crew landed back on Earth Saturday (Sept. 18), splashing down off the Florida coast at 7:06 p.m. EDT (2306 GMT).

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