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Who are Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi?

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Who are Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi?

Crew-1 commander Michael Hopkins, NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were the astronauts on the first operational flight of SpaceX’s space taxi SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience.

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls

When did the Crew Dragon return?

Crew Dragon safely returned to Earth, settling to a gentle splashdown south of Panama City, Florida, on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at 2:56 a.m., wrapping up a mission spanning 2,688 orbits over 168 days since launch last November.

When did the last pre-dawn splashdown happen?

The SpaceX Crew Dragon return was the first nighttime splashdown for a crewed U.S. spacecraft since the Apollo 8 returned to Earth in 1968, nearly 45 before the SpaceX Dragon Crew return.

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