Tuesday, January 17, 2023

The Stars My Destination: Crew-3 Splashdown

Better Late than Never | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa!
The Space Age
On 6 May 2022, after one hundred seventy-six days on orbit, the Endurance splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico & was recovered by M/V Shannon (formerly the GO Navigator, renamed after Crew-1 astronaut Shannon Walker), safely returning to Earth the Crew-3 quartet of Raja Chari (N.A.S.A.), Thomas Marshburn (N.A.S.A.), Matthias Maurer (E.S.A.), & Kayla Barron (N.A.S.A.).

Crew-3 served as part of International Space Station Expeditions 66 & 67.

Bonus! Song o' the Day: Crew-3 & the Endurance
Brian Tyler, "Can You Dig It? (Iron Man Three Theme)" from Iron Man Three: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
The Wayback Machine Tour of Launch America
Demo-2 Launch & Demo-2 Splashdown
Crew-1 Launch, Crew-1 Relocation, & Crew-1 Splashdown
Crew-2 Launch & Crew-2 Splashdown
Crew-3 Launch
Crew-4 Launch

Welcome back to the good Earth, Crew-3!

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