Night Landing

[George K]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/02/science/spacex-nasa-landing.html

[George K]

Link to video

ff to about 6:36

[mark]

[George K]

https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-crew-1-astronauts-return-home-in-rare-nighttime-splashdown/?ftag=CAD-03-10aaj8j

"We welcome you back to planet Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX," SpaceX's Mission Control radioed moments after splashdown. "For those of you enrolled in our frequent flyer program, you've earned 68 million miles on this voyage."

"We'll take those miles," spacecraft commander Col. Mike Hopkins said moments after landing. "Are they transferrable?"