Sunday, March 12, 2023

The Stars My Destination: Crew-5 Splashdown

The Space Age
Yesterday, 11 March 2023, after one hundred fifty-seven days on orbit, the Crew Dragon Endurance splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico & was recovered by M/V Shannon, safely returning to Earth the Crew-5 quartet of Nicole Mann (N.A.S.A.), Josh Cassada (N.A.S.A.), Koichi Wakata (J.A.X.A.), & Anna Kikina (Roscosmos).

Crew-5 served as part of International Space Station Expedition 68.

Bonus! Song o' the Day: Crew-5 & the Endurance!
The Aquabats!, "Hi-Five City!" from Charge!! Special One-Year Anniversary Edition (Space Cadet Captain Thumbs Up!)

The Wayback Machine Tour of Launch America
2020
Demo-2 Launch & Demo-2 Splashdown
Crew-1 Launch, Crew-1 Relocation, & Crew-1 Splashdown
2021
Crew-2 Launch & Crew-2 Splashdown
Inspiration4 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-3 Launch & Crew-3 Splashdown
2022
Ax-1 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-4 Launch & Crew-4 Splashdown
Crew-5 Launch
2023
Crew-6 Scrub & Crew-6 Launch

Welcome back to the good Earth, Crew-5!

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