{"id":790613,"date":"2024-10-25T02:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T07:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790613"},"modified":"2024-10-25T02:44:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T07:44:00","slug":"nasas-crew-8-splashes-down-on-spacex-capsule-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=790613","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Crew-8 splashes down on SpaceX capsule : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Official SpaceX Crew-8 portrait with (L-R) Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all three NASA astronauts.
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NASA\u2019s Crew-8 mission members returned to Earth Friday <\/strong>\u2014 capping a nearly eight-month mission after their trip from the International Space Station was extended several times.<\/p>\n

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The SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the four-member crew splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Fla. just before 3:30 a.m. ET after a fiery nighttime return across southern Mexico. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Over about an hour, the capsule pierced the atmosphere with an orbital velocity of 17,500 mph and eventually eased to a leisurely 16 mph under a canopy of parachutes as it landed in the Gulf of Mexico. The capsule undocked from the I.S.S. Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The Crew-8 members spent 235 days in space, the longest of any human SpaceX mission. Their spacecraft \u2014 Endeavour \u2014 set a duration record for a human-rated capsule: 701 days in orbit.<\/p>\n