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Splashdown for SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Wraps ISS Mission

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Tom Patton
May 03, 2021
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Four SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts completed NASA's first commercial crew, long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station with a safe splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday. The return comes nearly six months after the crew members arrived at the microgravity laboratory and also marks the longest-duration mission of a crewed American spacecraf…

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