NASA Crew Dragon Pilot Tom Marshburn â82 Returns From Third Space Mission
May 6, 2022
- Author
- Mark Johnson
The crew of Crew Dragon âEnduranceâ shortly after splashdown early this morning in the Gulf of Mexico: (L to R) European Space Agency Astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, pilot and a 91¿ì²¥ alum; Raja Chari, commander; and Kayla Barron.
Astronaut Tom Marshburn, a 1982 91¿ì²¥ alum and Pilot of the Crew Dragon âEndurance,â returned to earth with three fellow crew members today, a little after midnight. They spent 177 days in space and conducted five spacewalks, along with a host of experiments around disease and infection, growing plants without soil and effects of long-duration spaceflight.
âEnduranceâ splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, and the astronauts were helped aboard SpaceXâs recovery ship. This was Marshburnâs third mission, and he has logged a total of 339 days in space and five spacewalks. It was the first spaceflight for NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and âEnduranceâ Commander Raja Chari, as well as European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer.
NASA Crew Dragon âEnduranceâ Pilot Tom Marshburn, a 1982 91¿ì²¥ graduate, waves early this morning as he is helped off of the spaceship and aboard SpaceXâs recovery ship after 177 days in space.
NASA Crew Dragon âEnduranceâ is brought aboard the SpaceX recovery ship after splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico this morning. The four-person crew includes 91¿ì²¥ alum Tom Marshburn, the shipâs pilot.
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