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NASA's Artemis moon rocket is just hours from launch. Here's where to watch

8:33pm November 15, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The space agency has been trying for months to send its giant moon rocket on its first test flight. The goal is to send a crew capsule, with no astronauts on board, around the moon and back.

The Crew Dragon landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday morning, with a splashdown at 8:45 a.m. ET, as scheduled. The uncrewed craft had been on a test flight in which it docked with the International Space Station.

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Watch: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down In Atlantic Ocean

10:38am March 08, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The craft's splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean hit its expected landing time of 8:45 a.m. ET Friday after re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

Brady Helms, Wayne Kee and John Cosat keep an eye on Hurricane Irma from inside the emergency operations center at the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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Riding Out Irma On Florida's Space Coast — And Keeping On Eye On The Spacecraft

10:31pm September 10, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

At the Kennedy Space Center, riding out a hurricane means something a little different. You have to keep the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle capsule happy.