First German woman in space returns to Earth in SpaceX capsule

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2025-04-04

New York (dpa) - A 29-year-old robotics researcher from Berlin who became the first German woman in space earlier this week returned to Earth on Friday. Rabea Rogge and her three fellow travellers splashed down off the coast of California in their Dragon capsule after four days in space. Live images broadcast by SpaceX showed the capsule unfurling its parachutes to slow its descent as it plunged toward the water. SpaceX, owned by tech billionai......

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