<body><div>NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Dragon Re-entry &amp; Splashdown | International Space Station<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0Zj4ed_0wNIRuDx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0Zj4ed_0wNIRuDx00" width="400" height="225" ></figure>Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour Re-entry<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2lC0I8_0wNIRuDx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2lC0I8_0wNIRuDx00" width="640" height="382" ></figure><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3nFtzS_0wNIRuDx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3nFtzS_0wNIRuDx00" width="639" height="426" ></figure>Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour Re-entry<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=145FIa_0wNIRuDx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=145FIa_0wNIRuDx00" width="400" height="225" ></figure>Dragon’s four main parachutes deployed<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0P870t_0wNIRuDx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0P870t_0wNIRuDx00" width="400" height="225" ></figure>Crew-8 Dragon Endeavour splashdownAfter 235 days in space, SpaceX Dragon Endeavour and Crew-8 NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3:29 a.m. ET on Friday, October 25.After safely splashing down, a NASA astronaut experienced a medical issue. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin were flown together to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola in Florida.After medical evaluation at the hospital, three of the crew members departed Pensacola and arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.The one astronaut who remains at Ascension is in stable condition under observation as a precautionary measure. To protect the crew member’s medical privacy, specific details on the individual’s condition or identity will not be shared.During its return to Earth, the SpaceX Dragon executed a normal entry and splashdown. Recovery of the crew and the spacecraft was without incident. During routine medical assessments on the recovery ship, the additional evaluation of the crew members was requested out of an abundance of caution.Expedition 72 Updates:https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/Expedition 72 CrewStation Commander: Suni WilliamsRoscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr GorbunovNASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick HagueAn international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:https://www.nasa.gov/iss-scienceFor more information about STEM on Station:https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstationScience, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)Video/Image Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)Release Date: Oct. 25, 2024#NASA #Space #Science #ISS #Earth #SpaceX #SpaceXCrew8 #CrewDragonSpacecraft #CrewDragonEndeavour #Astronauts #Cosmonauts #Russia #Россия #Roscosmos #Роскосмос #InternationalCooperation #LongDurationMission #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceLaboratory #Florida #UnitedStates #Expedition72 #STEM #Education #Animation #GIF</div></body>

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NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Dragon Re-entry & Splashdown | International Space Station. After 235 days in space, SpaceX Dragon Endeavour and Crew-8 NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin of Russia returned to Earth and splashed down off the coast of Florida at 3:29 a.m. ET on Friday, October 25.