Splash Down! CRS-21 Returns
The flight splash down occurred at 8:21 pm EST in the dark, hence no photo of its arrival.
More than 30 payloads sponsored by the ISS U.S. National Laboratory were a part of this return mission.
Our payload was launched on the Northrop Grumman CRS-14 mission to demonstrate the manufacture of single-piece turbine blade/disk combinations (blisks) in microgravity for use in the aerospace industry. Made In Space sent its Turbine Ceramic Manufacturing Module to the ISS seeking to validate its latest new commercial facility on the space station. Producing blisks in space could result in parts with lower mass, less residual stress, and higher strength than those manufactured on Earth. The facility is being returned to Earth for further analysis following its successful in-orbit operations.