
Watch SpaceX Make the First Nighttime Splash Down Since 1968
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Crew-1, which launched to the space station in November, will head home in the capsule called Resilience.
Four astronauts are taking the redeye home to Earth. At 8:35 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, a crew of four — three NASA astronauts and one from Japan’s space agency — pushed off from the International Space Station in a capsule built by SpaceX. “Thanks for your hospitality, sorry we stayed a little bit longer,” said Michael Hopkins, the Crew Dragon Resilience’s commander, referring to the weather-delayed departure of the flight. “We’ll see you back on Earth.”More Related News