NASA Crew Dragon Pilot Tom Marshburn ’82 Returns From Third Space Mission
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The crew of Crew Dragon “Endurance” shortly after splashdown early this morning in the Gulf of Mexico: (L to R) European Space Agency Astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, pilot and a Davidson alum; Raja Chari, commander; and Kayla Barron.
Astronaut Tom Marshburn, a 1982 Davidson alum and Pilot of the Crew Dragon “Endurance,” returned to earth with three fellow crew members today, a little after midnight. They spent 177 days in space and conducted five spacewalks, along with a host of experiments around disease and infection, growing plants without soil and effects of long-duration spaceflight.