SpaceX To Shift Dragon Splashdowns To West Coast

Irene Klotz July 26, 2024

SpaceX Demo-2 mission in 2020 ends with a splashdown off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.

Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA
LOS ANGELES—In an effort to stem the chance that debris from discarded Dragon capsule trunk sections could reenter over populated areas, SpaceX will shift splashdown and recovery operations to the West Coast, the company said July 26. The decision follows the recovery of a piece of Dragon debris in...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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