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SpaceX Freedom Spacecraft Recovered

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
NASA
October 20, 2022
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SpaceX Freedom Spacecraft Recovered
Support teams raise the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft aboard the recovery ship Megan
NASA

Support teams raise the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft aboard the recovery ship Megan shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, Jessica Watkins, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti aboard in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

Lindgren, Hines, Watkins, and Cristoforetti are returning after 170 days in space as part of Expeditions 67 and 68 aboard the International Space Station.

NASA ID: NHQ202210140023 Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) larger image

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