In the first nighttime splashdown for NASA astronauts since 1968, a SpaceX capsule carrying a crew of four — three from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — touched down in the ...

We assumed Soyuz capsules splashdown somewhere near Russia just like the iconic images of Apollo capsules. While they can land in water, their 13 target landing sites are all on land in the ...

The Dragon capsule's splashdown just before 8:30 a.m. EST marked the end of Axiom's third mission into low Earth orbit. Astronauts jettisoned the Dragon's trunk at 7:37 a.m. EST, shedding the ...

To further slow the spacecraft to a safe speed, three main parachutes were deployed at 10,000 ft, and Apollo 7 had a ...

Gardner wasn’t on duty for the July 24 splashdown. But he went to Mission Control anyway, joining the flag-waving, cigar-smoking crowd as Apollo 11 ... secured the capsule, then moved upwind ...

Abby Tang: Moving at about 28,000 kilometers per hour through temperatures of up to 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit, SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and ... Dragon to the wrong splashdown location.