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Soyuz TMA-20MThe Soyuz TMA-20M landing near Zhezqazghan, Kazakhstan, carrying Expedition 48 crew members returning home after 172 days in space, September 7, 2016. During the final phases ofdescent, some spacecraft—especially capsule-type manned craft—deploy parachutes, which lower the vehicle...
ET (1600 GMT): Blue Origin will launch an uncrewed New Shepard rocket on the NS-29 mission — the vehicle's first suborbital launch of 2025. The capsule will attempt a spin maneuver to mimic the moon's gravity during the flight, and include 30 different experiments (most of them for ...
Recovery teams cheered as they watched the capsule drift down through the air and make a bull’s-eye landing. The touchdown was broadcast live on NASA TV; infrared cameras painted the descending capsule in a ghostly white. As the sun rose, close-up views showed the large white and...
The equipment will be returned to NASA as soon as recovery teams return the Dragon capsule to dry land. [Splashdown! Landing Day Photos for SpaceX's Dragon] "Sad to see the Dragon go," NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn said from inside the station when the capsule undocked. "She performed ...
"We don't have a targeted (landing) date today," Steve Stich, NASA's Commercial Crew Program manager, told reporters during a teleconference. "We're not going to target a specific date until we get that testing completed. "So essentially, it's complete the testing, complete the fault tre...
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The Soyuz TMA-20 space capsule carrying Coleman and her two Expedition 27 crewmates landed in Kazakhstan to end their 157-day mission to the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA TV) It was a calm, sunny Tuesday afternoon at the central Asian landing site, with the three space...