{"id":118398,"date":"2024-10-26T01:16:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118398"},"modified":"2024-10-26T01:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:16:44","slug":"nasas-crew-8-splashes-down-on-spacex-capsule-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118398","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s Crew-8 splashes down on SpaceX capsule : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6228x4982+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F49%2F62%2Fbee0ccc141beac07967830f83685%2Fjsc2023e070781-1.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Official SpaceX Crew-8 portrait with (L-R) Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all three NASA astronauts.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Bill Stafford\/NASA<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Bill Stafford\/NASA<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/nasas-spacex-crew-8\/\">Crew-8 mission<\/a> members returned to Earth Friday<strong> <\/strong>\u2014 capping a nearly eight-month mission after their trip from the International Space Station was extended several times.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5162153-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5111634\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/13\/nx-s1-5111634\/stranded-nasa-astronauts-say-being-stuck-in-space-is-just-part-of-the-job\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset 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--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/vehicles\/dragon\/\">SpaceX Dragon capsule<\/a> carrying the four-member crew splashed down off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., just before 3:30 a.m. ET after a fiery nighttime return across southern Mexico.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over about an hour, the capsule pierced the atmosphere with an orbital velocity of 17,500 mph and eventually eased to a leisurely 16 mph under a canopy of parachutes as it landed in the Gulf of Mexico. The capsule undocked from the space station Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Crew-8 members spent 235 days in space, the longest of any human SpaceX mission. Their spacecraft \u2014 Endeavour \u2014 set a duration record for a human-rated capsule: 701 days in orbit.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The crew included three NASA astronauts: commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, and mission specialist Jeanette Epps. Cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Roscosmos, Russia&#8217;s space agency, was also part of this mission.<\/p>\n<p>Several hours after the splashdown, NASA announced that all four members of the crew were taken to a hospital in Pensacola &#8220;for additional evaluation.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/2024\/10\/25\/nasa-provides-update-on-agencys-spacex-crew-8-health\/\">In a series of statements<\/a>, NASA said the crew exited the spacecraft onto a recovery ship for standard post-flight medical examinations and &#8220;additional evaluation of the crew members was requested out of an abundance of caution.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-30015\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4000;&#10;        --source-height: 2402;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source 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Kowsky<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        NASA\/via AP&#8217;s Joel Kowsky<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The space agency says a NASA astronaut experienced a \u201cmedical issue\u201d after the return. \u201cAfter medical evaluation at the hospital, three of the crew members departed Pensacola and have arrived at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>NASA says the one astronaut who remains at Ascension is \u201cin stable condition under observation as a precautionary measure.\u201d NASA has not released the name of the crew member to protect that person\u2019s medical privacy and identity.<\/p>\n<p>They <a 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part of a record number of people orbiting Earth. When the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft brought a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the station in September, there were a total of 19 people in orbit, including the astronauts on China&#8217;s Tiangong space station.<\/p>\n<p>The Crew-8 mission was supposed to end in August but was extended several times following problems during the test flight of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/06\/05\/nx-s1-4956024\/boeing-starliner-launch-nasa-international-space-station\">Boeing&#8217;s Starliner capsule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Starliner, which carried two NASA astronauts, experienced thruster problems as it approached the space station in June. NASA determined it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/07\/03\/nx-s1-5026448\/boeing-starliner-astronauts-space-station-return\">too risky for the crew<\/a> to return to Earth on board Starliner and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/07\/nx-s1-5103722\/starliner-nasa-boeing-crew-space-station-lands\">flew the spacecraft back to Earth empty in September<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/28\/nx-s1-5132090\/spacex-nasa-crew-9-launch\">Crew-9 mission members<\/a>, who arrived at the station in September, will bring back the NASA astronauts left by Starliner, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, at the completion of their mission, which is set to end in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The return of Crew-8 was also delayed due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/07\/nx-s1-5142961\/hurricane-milton-florida-evacuations\">Hurricane Milton<\/a> and unfavorable weather conditions at the splashdown sites off Florida over the past week.<\/p>\n<p><em>NPR&#8217;s Russell Lewis and\u00a0Central Florida Public Media&#8217;s Brendan Byrne\u00a0contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/25\/nx-s1-5162153\/nasa-spacex-crew-8-splashdown\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official SpaceX Crew-8 portrait with (L-R) Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin, and Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, all three NASA astronauts. 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