U.S. private astronauts conclude mission to space station, return to Earth
STORY: U.S. private astronauts conclude mission to space station, return to Earth
DATELINE: May 31, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:10
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: SCIENCE
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the astronauts aboard SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft (courtesy of SpaceX)
2. various of the spacecraft splashing down off the coast of Florida (courtesy of SpaceX)
3. various of the support team retrieving the spacecraft onto a recovery ship (courtesy of SpaceX)
STORYLINE:
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying Axiom Space's four private astronauts safely splashed down off the coast of the U.S. state of Florida on Tuesday, concluding the second all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Dragon spacecraft autonomously undocked from the ISS at 11:05 a.m. Eastern Time (1605 GMT) Tuesday. After about 12 hours' travel, the spacecraft re-entered Earth's atmosphere and made a splashdown off the coast of Florida at 11:04 p.m. Eastern Time (0404 GMT Wednesday).
Aboard the spacecraft are astronau
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- 2023/5/31 00:00:00
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