Splashdown Recap: Bob & Doug Come Home
NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley splashed down in the Dragon Endeavor capsule at 2:48 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 2, off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.
The Crew Dragon hatch was opened at 3:59 p.m., and Behnken and Hurley exited the spacecraft onto the Go Navigator for initial medical checks before returning to shore by helicopter. Once returned to shore, both crew members will immediately board a waiting NASA plane to fly back to Ellington field in Houston.
Hurley and Behnken arrived to the International Space Station May 31 and spent 62 days supporting science and research aboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expedition 63.
Demo-2 is SpaceX’s final test flight and is providing data on the performance of the Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon spacecraft and ground systems, as well as in-orbit, docking, splashdown, and recovery operations. The data will inform NASA’s certification of the SpaceX crew transportation system for regular flights carrying astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX is readying the hardware for the first rotational mission that will occur following NASA certification, which is expected to take about six weeks.
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Congratulations Everybody:The Astraunauts Bob and Doug, NASA, SpaceX and The USA!! Lately, I had been studying, researching, and watching movies on Space because of all the Space launch activities that had been happening around us. Thank you Youtube for allowing us to watch LIVE activities..It would not be possible for me to watch them without this platform. It's amazing to learn so many things about space, moon, and Mars!!
too bad NASA lost their way since the Apollo missions. Thank God for SpaceX and Elon Musk.
hey NASA thanks for being the only bright light of 2020. at all.
Not you, though Elon "We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it" Musk, not you.
Welcome back!!