SpaceX NASA Crew-3 Mission, 6th Astronaut Flight, splashes down
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance capsule is brought into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida on May 6, 2022.
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SpaceX returned NASA Crew-3 mission astronauts to Earth early Friday, marking the completion of its sixth human spaceflight.
The Crew Dragon Endurance capsule splashed down off the coast of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico.
“On behalf of the entire SpaceX team, welcome home,” Sarah Gillis, lead operations engineer for SpaceX, said in a webcast after splashdown. “It was a huge honor to support you on your mission, Endurance team, and thank you for flying SpaceX.”
“It was a great trip,” said Crew-3 Commander Raja Chari.
Crew-3 spent 177 days in space, spending almost all of that time aboard the International Space Station. The mission, launched by SpaceX, included a team of four: NASA astronauts Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer.
Left to right: ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari and Kayla Barron inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance after splashdown on May 6, 2022.
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