The four Crew-1 astronauts splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico right on schedule May 2, 2021, returning to Earth after a six-month stay on the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Space agency NASA has said that Their return marked the end of 168 days in space for the four astronauts, and the end of SpaceX\u2019s first operational round-trip mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This return to earth was the first nighttime splashdown for NASA astronauts since Apollo 8, which was the first mission to orbit the moon, in 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mission was part of NASA\u2019s fledgling public-private partnership with SpaceX, the rocket company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, who is also CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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