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Success! NASA and SpaceX Crew-1 Complete Early Morning Splashdown
(Updated: May 2, 2021)
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi completed a successful splashdown on Sunday, May 2, after a 165-day space research mission aboard the International Space Station. Here is what we know about their return to Earth.
The first operational crewed flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon launched to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A on November 15, 2020. Crew-1 docked with the ISS the next day. It's now time for NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi to return home.
Splashdown for the four space explorers was delayed twice due to weather and a new date has just been announced. The astronauts are now scheduled to undock in their Crew Dragon, Resilience, from the International Space Station at 8:35P ET on Saturday, May 1 and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico around 2:57A ET on Sunday, May 2.
The Splashdown happed right on time near Panama City, Florida-- which one one of the seven targeted landing zones. NASA and SpaceX are working alongside the U.S. Coast Guard in establishing a 10-nautical-mile safety zone. Crew-1 followed a similar procedure as the Demo-2 splashdown last year.
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(Updated: November 17, 2020) From launch preparation on land to docking with the ISS in space, here are some highlights from the NASA and SpaceX Crew-1 mission. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and Victor Glover, along with Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched in a new Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket on November 15 at 7:27P ET from the NASA Kennedy Launch Complex 39A. After a 27 hour journey, the spacecraft docked with the ISS at 11:01P ET.
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Catch up on NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission on SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: CREW-1 LIFTOFF, streaming on discovery+.
