NASA History Office(@NASAhistory):Do you see that tiny glowing streak? That's the SpaceX Crew Dragon heading back to Earth in the early hours of May 2, 2021—5 years ago this week. Astronauts on the International @Space_Station saw the Crew Dragon blazing through Earth's atmosphere, as NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi returned home. Crew-1 safely splashed down off the coast of Florida, completing their 167-day mission on the space station, and the first operational mission of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

2026.05.01 16:32

Do you see that tiny glowing streak? That's the SpaceX Crew Dragon heading back to Earth in the early hours of May 2, 2021—5 years ago this week. Astronauts on the International @Space_Station saw the Crew Dragon blazing through Earth's atmosphere, as NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi returned home. Crew-1 safely splashed down off the coast of Florida, completing their 167-day mission on the space station, and the first operational mission of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.