SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, capping the busiest month yet for Elon Musk’s taxi service.
NASA’s Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, and the European Space Agency’s Matthias Maurer, embraced the seven astronauts remaining at the station, before parting ways.SpaceX brought up their U.S. and Italian replacements last week, after completing a charter trip to the station for a trio of businessmen.
SpaceX Dragon capsule is lifted out of the water after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday.“Welcome home,” SpaceX Mission Control radioed at splashdown. “Thanks for flying SpaceX.” The newly returned astronauts said their mission was highlighted by the three visitors and their ex-astronaut escort who dropped by in April, opening up NASA’s side of the station to paying guests after decades of resistance.
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