SpaceX Shares Recap of First Operational Mission for NASA with Astronauts [VIDEO]

Sarah Lee-Jones
5 years ago

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SpaceX has shared a recap video of its Dragon launch last fall with NASA astronauts on board, to the International Space Station:

On November 16, 2020, Falcon 9 launched Dragon with astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi on board to the International Space Station for its first six-month operational mission. After 167 days in space – the longest duration mission for a U.S. spacecraft since the final Skylab mission in 1974 – Dragon and the Crew-1 astronauts returned to Earth on Sunday, May 2, 2021.

YouTube video

Such an incredible accomplishment for SpaceX and NASA from start to finish. The future of human spaceflight is so exciting.

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