SpaceX capsule splashes down, bringing 4 astronauts home from 6-month mission

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SpaceX capsule splashes down, bringing 4 astronauts home from 6-month mission
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The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule parachuted into calm seas at the conclusion of a 23\u002Dhour\u002Dplus autonomous flight home from the ISS.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule dubbed Endurance, carrying three U.S. NASA astronauts and a European Space Agency crewmate from Germany, parachuted into calm seas in darkness at the conclusion of a 23-hour-plus autonomous flight home from the ISS.

The Endurance crew, which began its stay in orbit on Nov. 11, consisted of American spaceflight veteran Tom Marshburn, 61, and three first-time astronauts: NASA’s Raja Chari, 44, and Kayla Barron, 34, and their ESA colleague Matthias Maurer, 52.In less than an hour, the heat-scorched Crew Dragon was hoisted onto a recovery ship before the capsule’s side hatch was opened and the four astronauts were helped out one by one for their first breath of fresh air in nearly six months.

Two sets of parachutes billowed open above the capsule in the final stage of descent, slowing its fall to about 15 miles per hour before the craft hit the water off the coast of Tampa, Florida.Article contentThe newly returned astronauts were officially designated as NASA’s “Commercial Crew 3,” the third full-fledged, long-duration team of four that SpaceX has flown to the space station under contract for the U.S. space agency.

The company also controls those flights and handles the splashdown recoveries, while NASA furnishes the crews and launch facilities at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and manages U.S. space station operations.Article contentCalifornia-based SpaceX has launched seven human spaceflights in all over the past two years – five for NASA and two for private ventures – as well as dozens of cargo and satellite payload missions since 2012.

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