NASA’s Crew-4 Space Station Astronauts Return To Earth

The SpaceX Dragon Freedom crew ship docked to the Harmony module’s space-facing port.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON —After a two-day weather delay, NASA’s quartet of Crew-4 astronauts departed the International Space Station (ISS) aboard their Freedom SpaceX Dragon capsule on Oct. 14 for a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, ending a 170-day mission to the orbital science...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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