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Dragon crew capsule undocks from space station, heads for splashdown Friday SpaceX

Dragon crew capsule undocks from space station, heads for splashdown Friday

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, pilot Tom Marshburn, commander Raja Chari, and mission specialist Kayla Barron try on their SpaceX pressure suits before departing the International Space Station after a six-month expedition. Credit: NASA Three NASA astronauts and a European Space Agency mission specialist left the International Space Station early Thursday…
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May 5, 2022
Psyche asteroid explorer arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preps SpaceX

Psyche asteroid explorer arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preps

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Isaac Watson A U.S. military cargo plane delivered NASA’s Psyche spacecraft from California to the Kennedy Space Center last week, starting a three-month campaign to ready the asteroid explorer for liftoff on a…
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May 5, 2022
Four-astronaut team departs International Space Station on flight back to Earth SpaceX

Four-astronaut team departs International Space Station on flight back to Earth

Author of the article: The third long-duration team of astronauts launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA safely departed the orbiting outpost early on Thursday to begin their descent back to Earth, capping a six-month science mission. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying three U.S. NASA…
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May 5, 2022