On November 9, 2021 at 03:33 UTC the US Crew Dragon “Endeavour” (Crew-2 mission) spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. The spacecraft delivered from the ISS to Earth 4 members of Expedition 66: US astronauts Robert Kimbrough and Katherine Megan McArthur, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. They spent in space 199 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes.
3 other ISS crew members - Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov as well as US astronauts Mark Vande Hei remained in orbit aboard the International Space Station as Expedition 66 crew members. It was the 3rd piloted flight of the “Crew Dragon” spacecraft (it is also known as “Dragon-2” spacecraft). Attachments: |