Welcome Home Crew-1: NASA and SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown Complete!

After a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi began their return home to Earth on Saturday, May 1. About 7 hours later, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down near Panama City, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, May 2.

Read more about the splashdown and catch up on NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission on SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: CREW-1 LIFTOFF, streaming on discovery+.

May 02, 2021
By: Discovery

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