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In the first test of its kind, the crew exited the craft on their own, demonstrating the ability to get out of a Crew Dragon without help from recovery crews.
From CBS News
SpaceX is wrapping up the latest chapter in its commercial human spaceflight endeavors with the return of Fram2.
From CNN
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After years of NASA and private crews returning to Earth near Florida, the company shifted its landing zone to the West Coast for the private Fram2 mission.
Launch and recovery weather play a large part in timing. This launch would be the second in a double-header day in Florida should the Starlink 6-80 mission lift off during an afternoon launch window − another rarity for the Space Coast.
SpaceX has two rockets at two pads set for launch in the next two days on the Space Coast. First up is a Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites targeting a 3:25 p.m. liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. Backup are available through 7:10 p.m. or on Monday during a four-hour window that opens at 2:57 p.m.
Who's up for a historic late-night launch? Weather permitting, SpaceX will launch a spacecraft carrying the first people to orbit the Earth's poles.