Highlights: NASA astronauts return to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space
NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, have ...
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.
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 ...
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Written in Granite: Flying fascinates, no matter how close
That isn’t real.” My immigrant grandfather Andrew said this in Greek to my parents as they watched the live broadcast on ...
Crew-9’s splashdown landing explained: Why NASA chooses it and how it exactly happens
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Crew-9 astronauts, including Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, has undocked from the ISS and is set to splashdown off the coast of Florida at 3:27 AM IST on ...
Boeing Starliner astronauts back on Earth after SpaceX ride home
The two Boeing Starliner astronauts left behind on the International Space Station are back on Earth, ending an odyssey that ...
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Why Astronaut Sunita Williams Will Splash Down Instead of Landing on Solid Ground?
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Willmore return to Earth after 9 months aboard the ISS, with a planned splashdown ...
SpaceX Crew-10 docks with space station, setting up Starliner astronauts return
The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance docked with the International Space Station just after midnight Sunday beginning the ...
SpaceX crew Dragon Highlights: Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore
NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams departed the International Space Station early on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) ...
This Word Means: Splashdown
It is the method favoured by American spacecraft – such as NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo – to re-enter Earth. In a ...
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Crew-9’s splashdown landing explained: Why NASA chooses it and how it exactly happens
NASA and SpaceX have used splashdown techniques for crewed missions since the Apollo era ... the livestream of the return coverage will start at 2:15 AM IST (March 19) and continue until Dragon ...
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Highlights: NASA astronauts return to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space
The standout narrative of the SpaceX Crew-9 splashdown is the long-awaited return of NASA astronauts ... Tiger Team is a term NASA popularized in the Apollo era and refers to a group of ...