US EditionSTUCK ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO EARTH
- Astronauts Berry Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned after 280 days in space due to a malfunction with the Boeing Starliner that transported them to the International Space Station.
- Upon splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, a pod of bottlenose dolphins unexpectedly greeted the returning astronauts.
- NASA's live commentator reported, "Wow, we've got a cute little pod of dolphins not just one or two," highlighting the unique event.
- Teams on boats assisted Wilmore and Williams out of the Crew 9 Dragon Capsule during the splashdown.
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How Subsidiarity Got Astronauts Home and Gets the Mail Delivered
Like many Americans, my heart swelled with pride as I watched the astronauts land safely in the Gulf of America. The SpaceX rescue of the stranded astronauts ended wonderfully, but it also highlighted an important lesson: why a relatively small company was able to succeed where a governmental bureaucracy (NASA) and its go-to military-industrial-complex contractor (Boeing) could not. Source
Roanoke Times
STUCK ASTRONAUTS RETURN TO EARTH
A support team member works on a SpaceX capsule shortly after it landed Tuesday with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore and Russia's Alexander Gorbunov aboard off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., as a dolphin swims past.…
Pols tapped to cheer up astronauts stranded at space station
Like people all over the world, Jan and Diane Pol watched with bated breath last week as three astronauts and a cosmonaut returned to Earth from the International Space Station. Unlike others watching the splashdown off the coast of Tallahassee, Fla., veterinarian Jan Pol and his wife, Pol Veterinary Services Office Manager Diane Pol, celebrated their return after nine months in space with a more personal connection. After launching in June on a…
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