BEST NASA IMAGES OF 2022: Crew Members Recover SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance Spacecraft
By NASA information center // January 5, 2023
photo was chosen by the NASA Headquarters photographers

(NASA) – Support teams work around the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed on Friday, May 6, 2022 with Crew-3 NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer aboard.
To protect the health and safety of the astronauts, the recovery teams, and the general public, highly trained rescue and recovery personnel are pre-positioned for launch and return to react quickly.
Mission teams also establish safety zones in the water to protect the boating public around the area of splashdown.
This photo was chosen by the NASA Headquarters photographers as one of the best from 2022.
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