Spokane native and NASA astronaut Anne McClain has now safely traveled to space and back, twice.
McClain, a U.S Army Colonel and commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission, splashed down off the coast of San Diego, California, Saturday morning at 8:33 a.m. Pacific Time alongside her team of space travelers.
The crew’s arrival back on Earth marks the end of a 148-day round-trip, with all but two of those days spent aboard the International Space Station conducting groundbreaking research, maintenance and educational downlinks, much like the one McClain held with Spokane students at her Alma Mater Gonzaga Preparatory School in May…