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‘Not what we were anticipating’: Boaters surround SpaceX capsule at splashdown – WTSP.com
SpaceX’s recovery team radioed out to the boaters in an attempt to get them away from the Crew Dragon capsule.
PENSACOLA, Fla. The first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45 years largely appeared to be successful but was hampered by the presence of private boaters who were in the area of the target site.
Images captured by NASA cameras showed at least 20 boats surrounding SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule not long after it made a splash landing Sunday afternoon in the Gulf of Mexico. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley waited inside for the recovery team to get to the capsule.
The Coast Guard and Sp…
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