A four-member crew aboard NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of Tampa Bay, Florida, on Saturday, returning safely from a five-month mission on the International Space Station, or ISS.
What Happened: On Saturday, at 9:02 p.m. EST, NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, along with Koichi Wakata, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown, stated the U.S. space agency. The spacecraft and spacefarers were recovered by crews on SpaceX recovery vessels.
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In a tweet, Elon Musk-owned SpaceX shared a short video of the splashdown.
Splashdown of Dragon confirmed – welcome back to Earth, @AstroDuke, @Astro_Josh, @Astro_Wakata, and Anna! pic.twitter.com/LHrrqL5g6U
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 12, 2023
The four-member crew was in space for 157 days. On Oct. 5, 2022, at 12 p.m. EDT, a Falcon 9 rocket launched the Crew-5 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their mission, the Crew-5 team participated in various scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and maintenance activities.
Upon their return, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson expressed his appreciation for the team's efforts, noting that their work on the ISS "will help prepare us for future deep space missions and pave the way for our return to the Moon."
The return of the Crew-5 was close on the heels of the successful launch of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 on March 3. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried four astronauts safely to orbit. The crew docked at the ISS.
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船上的四名船员美国宇航局%sSpaceX Crew-5龙周六,太空舱在佛罗里达州坦帕湾海岸溅落,完成了为期五个月的任务后安全返回国际空间站,或ISS.
发生的事情:周六晚上9点02分EST,NASA宇航员妮可·曼和乔什·卡萨达,以及若田光一,一名宇航员日本宇宙航空研究开发机构和俄罗斯宇航员安娜·基金娜在降落伞的帮助下返回地球,美国航天局说。航天器和太空战斗机是由SpaceX回收船上的工作人员找到的。
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在一条推文中,埃隆·马斯克SpaceX旗下的公司分享了一段溅落的短视频。
龙的溅落确认--欢迎回到地球,@AstroDuke,@Astro_Josh,@Astro_Wakata,还有Anna!Pic.twitter.com/LHrrqL5g6U
-SpaceX(@SpaceX)2023年3月12日
四名机组人员在太空中飞行了157天。2022年10月5日,下午12点美国东部夏令时,猎鹰9号火箭从佛罗里达州的NASA肯尼迪航天中心发射了Crew-5任务。在执行任务期间,乘务五组参加了各种科学实验、技术演示和维修活动。
在他们回来后,NASA局长比尔·纳尔逊他对团队的努力表示赞赏,并指出他们在国际空间站上的工作“将有助于我们为未来的深空任务做准备,并为我们重返月球铺平道路。”
3月3日,美国国家航空航天局的SpaceX Crew-6成功发射后,5号机组人员刚刚返回。一枚SpaceX猎鹰9号火箭将4名宇航员安全送入轨道。机组人员在国际空间站停靠。
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