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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts answer questions after return to Earth

Brittany Taylor, Senior Digital Content Producer

Tags: NASA, SpaceX
NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, Sunday, May 2, 2021. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission was the first crew rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. (NASA/Bill Ingalls, (NASA/Bill Ingalls)\r\rFor copyright and restrictions refer to -�http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html)

HOUSTON – NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts answered a few questions during Thursday’s press conference after returning to Earth.

NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, who is also a Houston native, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker briefly talked about their historic mission on the International Space Station and return to Earth. The astronauts were also joined by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi at the press conference.

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Hopkins thanked his crewmates and said the team experienced significant moments during their mission.

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