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Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth with splashdown in Gulf of Mexico


Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth with splashdown in Gulf of Mexico The Polaris Dawn crew closed out a record-setting commercial spaceflight and packed up Saturday for re-entry and a pre-dawn splashdown early Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico northwest of Key West, Florida. Flying along a southwest-to-northeast trajectory, the Crew Dragon capsule, carrying billionaire Jared Isaacman, pilot Scott Poteet and company engineers Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, is expected to fire its braking rockets at 2:40 a.m. EDT Sunday to drop out of orbit.   More



(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Sep 15)

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