Astronaut Tom Marshburn, a 1982 Davidson alum and Pilot of the Crew Dragon “Endurance,” returned to earth with three fellow crew members today, a little after midnight. They spent 177 days in space and conducted five spacewalks, along with a host of experiments around disease and infection, growing plants without soil and effects of long-duration spaceflight.
“Endurance” splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, and the astronauts were helped aboard SpaceX’s recovery ship. This was Marshburn’s third mission, and he has logged a total of 339 days in space and five spacewalks. It was the first spaceflight for NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and “Endurance” Commander Raja Chari, as well as European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer.
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