SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth with first nighttime splashdown since 1968
SpaceX returned four air-and-space” target=”_blank”>astronauts<in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in 1968. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m., ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company. It was an express trip home, lasting just 6 1/2 hours. NASA’s Mike Hopkins, Victor…