Space Stations

Dragon Freedom Departs The International Space Station

By Keith Cowing
Status Report
NASA
June 4, 2023
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Dragon Freedom Departs The International Space Station
iss069e015031 (May 30, 2023) — The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is pictured with its nosecone deployed after departing the International Space Station moments earlier. Dragon Freedom returned to Earth later that day splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico with four Axiom Mission-2 astronauts including Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi.

The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft is pictured with its nosecone deployed after departing the International Space Station moments earlier.

Dragon Freedom returned to Earth later that day splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico with four Axiom Mission-2 astronauts including Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi.

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