Friday, January 20, 2023

The Stars My Destination: Crew-4 Splashdown

Better Late than Never | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa!
The Space Age
On 14 October 2022, after one hundred seventy days on orbit, the Crew Dragon Freedom splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico & was recovered by M/V Megan (formerly the GO Searcher, renamed after Crew-2 astronaut Megan McArthur), safely returning to Earth the Crew-4 quartet of Kjell Lindgren (N.A.S.A.), Robert Hines (N.A.S.A.), Samantha Cristoforetti (E.S.A.), & Jessica Watkins (N.A.S.A.).

Crew-4 served as part of International Space Station Expeditions 67 & 68.

Bonus! Song o' the Day: Crew-4 & the Freedom
Potshot, "Freedom" from Rock'n'Roll (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-3 Splashdown
Crew-4 Launch
Crew-5 Launch

Welcome back to the good Earth, Cew-4!

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