The U.S. Space Force released its final request for proposals for companies to provide National Security Space Launch services under the Phase 3 program.
The Space Development Agency said the launch manifest included Transport satcoms from Lockheed Martin Space and York Space Systems, and a SpaceX Tracking sat.
The crew splashed down in darkness at 12:17 a.m. EDT and were joined 30 min. later by a SpaceX recovery vessel with NASA staffers and medical personnel.
NASA’s Crew-6 mission astronauts and cosmonaut are set to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean waters off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., ending a 186-day mission.
Designated Progress 85 by NASA, the Russian space freighter MS-24 linked to the aft port of the ISS Russian segment's Zvezda service module at 11:45 p.m. EDT.