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<\/a>Astronauts Michael Hopkins<\/a>,\u00a0Victor Glover<\/a>, and\u00a0Shannon Walker<\/a> of NASA, and\u00a0Soichi Noguchi<\/a> of the\u00a0Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) splashed down safely\u00a0in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, at 2:56 a.m. EDT after 168 days in space. The return marks the end of the first crew rotation mission to the International Space Station<\/a> of the Crew Dragon spacecraft developed in partnership between NASA and SpaceX as a part of the agency\u2019s Commercial Crew Program.<\/p>\n Teams on the Go Navigator<\/em> recovery ship, including two fast boats, now are in the process of securing Crew Dragon and ensuring the spacecraft is safe for the recovery effort. As the fast boat teams complete their work, the recovery ship will move into position to hoist Crew Dragon onto the main deck of Go Navigator<\/em> with the astronauts inside. Once on the main deck, the crew will be taken out of the spacecraft and\u00a0receive medical checks before a helicopter ride to Pensacola to board a plane for Houston.<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-1<\/a> mission launched Nov. 15, 2020<\/a>, on a Falcon 9 rocket from the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The astronauts named the spacecraft Resilience, in honor of their families, colleagues, and fellow citizens and highlighting the dedication displayed by the teams involved with the mission and demonstrating that there is no limit to what humans can achieve when they work together. Crew Dragon Resilience docked to the Harmony module\u2019s forward port of the space station Nov. 16, nearly 27 hours after liftoff.<\/p>\n Hopkins has now spent a total of 335 days in space during two spaceflights; he conducted three spacewalks during this mission for a total of five in his career. It was Glover\u2019s first spaceflight, during which he conducted four spacewalks during the 168 days. It was Walker\u2019s second spaceflight, bringing her total time in space to 331 days. Noguchi conducted one spacewalk, for a total of four spacewalks during his three total spaceflights; he has spent a total of 345 days in space.<\/p>\n More details about the mission and\u00a0NASA\u2019s commercial crew program can be found in the\u00a0press kit online<\/a>\u00a0and by following the\u00a0commercial crew blog<\/a>,\u00a0@commercial_crew<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0commercial crew on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following\u202f@space_station<\/a>\u202fand\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u202f\u00a0on Twitter as well as the\u202fISS Facebook<\/a>\u202fand\u202fISS Instagram<\/a>\u202faccounts.<\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Astronauts Michael Hopkins,\u00a0Victor Glover, and\u00a0Shannon Walker of NASA, and\u00a0Soichi Noguchi of the\u00a0Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) splashed down safely\u00a0in the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, at 2:56 a.m. EDT after 168 days in space. The return marks the end of the first crew rotation \u2026 Continue reading