SpaceX Safely Completes Its First Crewed Mission
On Saturday, May 30, SpaceX made history when it successfully sent NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS) atop a SpaceX-built and -operated Falcon 9 rocket. Two months later, the company made history again when it brought them back.
After departing the ISS on Saturday, SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule splashed down safely off the coast of Pensacola, Florida at 2:48 p.m. EDT Sunday, wrapping up a successful Demo-2 crewed mission for SpaceX. At this point, SpaceX has successfully completed its back-to-back Demo-1 uncrewed and Demo-2 crewed missions with two separate spacecraft. That means it has performed all of the prerequisites necessary to certify the Crew Dragon craft for regularly contracted flights to ISS in the future.
A somewhat scorched SpaceX Crew Dragon is recovered safely from the sea. Image source: NASA.
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