4 astronauts return from space station aboard SpaceX capsule

Cape Canaveral: Four astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station early on Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash-down in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA said. Their return marked the end of the first...

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Updated At : 01:49 PM May 03, 2021 IST

Cape Canaveral: Four astronauts returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station early on Sunday in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, parachuting to splash-down in the Gulf of Mexico, NASA said. Their return marked the end of the first crew rotation mission to the station by the Crew Dragon spacecraft, developed in partnership between NASA and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX. Reuters

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SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft

6-month mission

Lands off coast of Panama City, Florida

Travelled 71,242,199 statute miles in 168 days

4 astronauts return from space station aboard SpaceX capsule

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