{"id":240375,"date":"2021-05-02T05:33:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T02:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/spacex-capsule-departs-iss-with-4-astronauts-heads-home\/"},"modified":"2021-05-02T05:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T02:33:55","slug":"spacex-capsule-departs-iss-with-4-astronauts-heads-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/spacex-capsule-departs-iss-with-4-astronauts-heads-home\/","title":{"rendered":"#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. \u2014 A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late Saturday, aiming for a rare nighttime splashdown to end the company\u2019s second crew flight.<\/p>\n

It would be the first U.S. splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8\u2032s crew returned from the moon in 1968.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japan\u2019s Soichi Noguchi, headed home in the same Dragon capsule that delivered them to the space station last November. The ride back was expected to take just 6 1\/2 hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks for your hospitality,\u201d Hopkins radioed as the capsule undocked 260 miles (420 kilometers) above Mali.<\/p>\n

SpaceX targeted a splashdown around 3 a.m. Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida. Despite the early hour, the Coast Guard deployed extra patrols \u2014 and spotlights \u2014 to keep any night-owl sightseers away. The capsule of the first SpaceX crew was surrounded by pleasure boaters last summer, posing a safety risk.<\/p>\n

Hopkins, the spacecraft commander, rocketed into orbit with his crew on Nov. 15 from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center. Their replacements arrived a week ago aboard their own Dragon capsule \u2014 the same one that launched SpaceX\u2019s first crew last spring.<\/p>\n

The four should have been back by now, but high offshore wind kept them at the space station a few extra days. SpaceX and NASA determined the best weather would be before dawn.<\/p>\n

The delays allowed Glover to celebrate his 45th birthday in space Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cGratitude, wonder, connection. I\u2019m full of and motivated by these feelings on my birthday, as my first mission to space comes to an end,\u201d Glover tweeted.<\/p>\n

Saturday night\u2019s undocking left seven astronauts at the space station: three Americans, two Russians, one Japanese and one French.<\/p>\n

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The SpaceX capsule as it departs the International Space Station on May 1, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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