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The team disembarked from the ISS Wednesday afternoon and is heading for a splashdown off the coast of Florida.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Wrapping up an extended 235-day mission, three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday, targeting a pre-dawn Friday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
This allowed for precise control over Orion's splashdown location and reduced g-forces on the vehicle.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
The crew’s return from the football field-sized science lab 250 miles up in orbit had been delayed for weeks because of two hurricanes that swept through the U.S. southeast near Crew Dragon’s expected splashdown zones.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Wrapping up an extended 235-day mission, three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday, targeting a pre-dawn Friday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
This allowed for precise control over Orion's splashdown location and reduced g-forces on the vehicle.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
The crew’s return from the football field-sized science lab 250 miles up in orbit had been delayed for weeks because of two hurricanes that swept through the U.S. southeast near Crew Dragon’s expected splashdown zones.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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