Space

Nguyen became the first Vietnamese American woman, and the first Southeast Asian woman, to go to space.

The first 27 satellites of the more than 3,200 planned for the first-generation constellation were set to lift off at 7 p.m. on April 9.

‘Space is the ultimate high ground,’ Jared Isaacman said. ‘We cannot afford to cede that ground.’

SpaceX alone is expected to receive nearly $6 billion for 28 launches.

This splashdown is the first time humans have returned from space to the Pacific Ocean since 1975.

Problems with the Boeing capsule forced them to extend their stay, but they remained confident in the craft. ‘We’re going to make it work,’ said Butch Wilmore.

‘If I have to, I’ll pay it out of my own pocket,’ the president told members of the media in the Oval Office.

‘That whole Boeing team, like our whole Commercial Crew Program team, is resilient,’ said Steve Stich, the manager of NASA’s commercial crew program.

All 10 payloads achieved 100 percent of their mission objectives during those two weeks, while also observing a solar eclipse and lunar sunset.

This was the final splashdown of a SpaceX crew dragon off the coast of Florida. Future ones will be conducted off the coast of southern California.

‘It was a wonderful day. Great to see our friends arrive,’ Williams told Mission Control.

‘We launched [them] with Starliner. We’re bringing them home on a Dragon. That’s the only difference to me,’ said NASA’s commercial crew program manager.

After finding the company’s proposal will have no adverse effect on the human environment, the agency slates a public review.