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With the Crew Dragon back on Earth, the test flight is complete and the operational flights can begin. NASA recently announced the crew members for the Crew-2 flight of Crew Dragon, including NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet. The mission is planned for spring 2021. … [Read more...] about Crew Dragon splashes down safely, returning NASA astronauts to Earth

The pair, who were returning from a two-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), were met by crew from a recovery vessel soon after landing in the water, with a photographer capturing a shot of Behnken and Hurley still secured in their seats shortly before the pair were helped out of the capsule. … [Read more...] about First picture of NASA astronauts after historic Crew Dragon splashdown

The 50-year-old NASA astronaut thanked the SpaceX team for the thorough training program, which even included the provision of audio clips recorded inside the capsule during the Demo-1 test mission last year so that Behnken and Hurley would have a better idea of what to expect on the way down. … [Read more...] about NASA astronaut says Crew Dragon sounded ‘like an animal’ on trip home

These findings also help to explain a mystery about Jupiter, which is why there are varying amounts of ammonia in different parts of the planet’s atmosphere. Another group of researchers has found that ammonia forms into slushy hailstones, called “mushballs,” which are heavy and therefore fall deep into the atmosphere, carrying ammonia down closer to the planet’s surface. … [Read more...] about NASA’s Juno craft has found some weird stuff in Jupiter’s atmosphere

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