Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil Hydroworld Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 splashes down on Earth after 5-month mission aboard ISS By: FOX Business March 12, 2023 at 09:17 AM EDT Two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Japanese astronaut returned to Earth late Saturday after completing a 157-day mission aboard the International Space Station. An international crew of four astronauts returned to Earth late Saturday after spending 157 days in orbit aboard the International Space Station.NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina splashed down aboard SpaceX’s Dragon "Endurance" capsule in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast near Tampa.The Crew-5 astronauts completed 2,512 orbits around Earth after arriving at the space station last October.Besides dodging space junk, the astronauts dealt with a pair of leaking Russian capsules docked to the orbiting outpost and the urgent delivery of a replacement craft for the station's other crew members.INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MANEUVERS TO AVOID COLLISION WITH SATELLITEThe return trip lasted about 19 hours before the capsule reentered the Earth’s atmosphere and parachuted off the coast of Tampa around 9 p.m."That was one heck of a ride," Mann, who led the mission and is the first Native American woman to fly in space, radioed after safely splashing down. "We're happy to be home."NASA'S SPACEX CREW-6 ASTRONAUT MISSION SUCCESSFULLY ARRIVES AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONSpaceX's Crew-5 mission was the first spaceflight for Mann, Cassada and Kikina. Wakata, Japan's spaceflight champion, now has logged more than 500 days in space over five missions dating back to NASA's shuttle era.CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPRemaining behind at the space station are three Americans, three Russians and one from the United Arab Emirates.The Associated Press contributed to this report. Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 splashes down on Earth after 5-month mission aboard ISS By: FOX Business March 12, 2023 at 09:17 AM EDT Two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Japanese astronaut returned to Earth late Saturday after completing a 157-day mission aboard the International Space Station. An international crew of four astronauts returned to Earth late Saturday after spending 157 days in orbit aboard the International Space Station.NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina splashed down aboard SpaceX’s Dragon "Endurance" capsule in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast near Tampa.The Crew-5 astronauts completed 2,512 orbits around Earth after arriving at the space station last October.Besides dodging space junk, the astronauts dealt with a pair of leaking Russian capsules docked to the orbiting outpost and the urgent delivery of a replacement craft for the station's other crew members.INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MANEUVERS TO AVOID COLLISION WITH SATELLITEThe return trip lasted about 19 hours before the capsule reentered the Earth’s atmosphere and parachuted off the coast of Tampa around 9 p.m."That was one heck of a ride," Mann, who led the mission and is the first Native American woman to fly in space, radioed after safely splashing down. "We're happy to be home."NASA'S SPACEX CREW-6 ASTRONAUT MISSION SUCCESSFULLY ARRIVES AT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONSpaceX's Crew-5 mission was the first spaceflight for Mann, Cassada and Kikina. Wakata, Japan's spaceflight champion, now has logged more than 500 days in space over five missions dating back to NASA's shuttle era.CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPRemaining behind at the space station are three Americans, three Russians and one from the United Arab Emirates.The Associated Press contributed to this report.