Dolphins Suddenly Appear Next to SpaceX Pod After Splashdown
After a nine-month-long test flight saga, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Apollo 11 moon landing had thousands working behind scenes
Gardner wasn’t on duty for the July 24 splashdown. But he went to Mission Control anyway, joining the flag-waving, cigar-smoking crowd as Apollo 11’s astounding voyage came to an end in the ...
Why Sunita Williams will experience a splashdown: What it is and why astronauts use this method to return back
The splashdown method of landing is advantageous because it allows for a softer landing; the waterbody provides vast space ...
Boeing Starliner astronauts taking SpaceX ride home for Florida splashdown
The pair of Boeing Starliner astronauts left behind on the International Space Station are finally on their way back to Earth ...
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They Were at Mission Control During Apollo 11. 50 Years Later, the Memory Still Moves Them to Tears
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Space songs: 'Apollo Journey'
Apollo Journey' follows the familiar story of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission from launch sequence ... ending with the return to Earth and splashdown. With images from NASA.