4 astronauts return from area station aboard SpaceX capsule By Reuters
(Reuters) – 4 astronauts returned safely to Earth from the Worldwide Area Station early on Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash-down within the Gulf of Mexico, NASA stated.
Their return marked the top of the primary crew rotation mission to the station by the Crew Dragon spacecraft, developed in partnership between NASA and Elon Musk’s rocket firm SpaceX, the company stated in a press release.
The crew – NASA’s Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi – had launched from the Kennedy Area Middle in Florida on Nov. 15, propelled by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The capsule, dubbed Resilience by the crew, splashed down in darkness off the coast of Panama Metropolis, Florida.
The mission was a part of NASA’s fledgling public-private partnership with SpaceX, the rocket firm based in 2002 by Musk, who can be CEO of electrical automotive maker Tesla (NASDAQ:) Inc.
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