NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley returned to Earth aboard SpaceX's

After more than two months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley returned to Earth today, parachuting through the planet’s skies in a SpaceX Dragon capsule. The pair splashed down at 2:48 p.m. ET in the Gulf of Mexico-a site off the coast of the Florida Panhandle and far enough west to avoid the winds and rain of Hurricane Isaias.
The pair’s journey home concludes a history-making test flight called Demo-2, which returned crewed spaceflight capabilities to the United States after a nearly 10-year hiatus. The mission lifted off on May 30, marking the first time NASA astronauts piloted a spacecraft that’s owned and operated by a commercial company, rather than the space agency itself.
Now, with a successful round trip on the books, SpaceX will launch at least six more NASA flights to the ISS. The first of these, called Crew-1, is scheduled for late September at the earliest. On the second flight-scheduled for spring 2021-Behnken’s wife, astronaut Megan McArthur, will launch aboard the same SpaceX Dragon that he test flew.
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