Comments on: Endeavour Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts safely splashes down https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/endeavour-dragon-capsule-carrying-four-astronauts-safely-splashes-down/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/endeavour-dragon-capsule-carrying-four-astronauts-safely-splashes-down/#comment-1426455 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:29:12 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98250#comment-1426455 Many folks captured the plasma trail of Dragon’s return. Trevor Mahlmann’s is my favorite.

https://youtu.be/iXhesDaNXe8

]]> By: mkent https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/endeavour-dragon-capsule-carrying-four-astronauts-safely-splashes-down/#comment-1426437 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:06:58 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98250#comment-1426437 ”The UAE astronaut, Sultan Al Neyadi, flew as a paying passenger, obtaining his flight through the private space station company Axiom…”

This is correct.

”…which in turn purchased the ferrying services to and from ISS from SpaceX.”

This is not. Axiom obtained this seat in a seat swap from NASA, not by purchasing it from SpaceX.

]]> By: Richard M https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/endeavour-dragon-capsule-carrying-four-astronauts-safely-splashes-down/#comment-1426379 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:59:10 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98250#comment-1426379 The return of Crew 6 also means that SpaceX has now completed all of its original Commercial Crew contract with NASA.

Meanwhile, Boeing awaits its first crewed test flight of Starliner . . . sometime next year.

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