Splashdown! Crew-12 astronauts return to Earth after nearly 8 months in space (video)
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"Splashdown! Crew-12 astronauts return to Earth after nearly 8 months in space (video)" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 3 articles from 3 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include NASA (.gov), The Guardian and Bloomberg.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (19)
- Crew-12 Returns to Earth NASA (.gov) · 37d ago
- SpaceX Crew Return Bluefield Daily Telegraph · 37d ago
- SpaceX Crew Return Bluefield Daily Telegraph · 37d ago
- 'All human emotions': French astronaut Sophie Adenot returns to Earth France 24 · 37d ago
- 4 astronauts return to Earth after 8 months in space KSL News · 37d ago
- Maine astronaut Jessica Meir returns to Earth WGME · 37d ago
- 4 astronauts return to Earth after 8 months in space Anchorage Daily News · 37d ago
- Four astronauts return to earth after an eight-month space mission Al Jazeera · 37d ago
- Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space AP News · 37d ago
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down, Sets Briefing to Discuss Mission NASA (.gov) · 38d ago
- Four astronauts return to Earth from ISS after medical relief mission The Guardian · 38d ago
- SpaceX Crew Capsule Splashes Down in Pacific After ISS Stay Bloomberg.com · 38d ago
- Splashdown confirmed for Sophie Adenot European Space Agency (ESA) · 38d ago
- Crew-12 returns to Earth SpaceNews · 38d ago
- French astronaut Sophie Adenot back on Earth after 237 days aboard the ISS Le Monde.fr · 38d ago
- Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space 10TV · 38d ago
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 splashes down off L.A. coast after 100-million-mile orbital journey Los Angeles Times · 38d ago
- SpaceX's recovery ship brought back four astronauts to Earth after an eight-month mission Fortune · 38d ago
- WATCH: Four astronauts return to Earth after 8 months aboard International Space Station PBS · 38d ago
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