Posted on 07/18/2020 11:11:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley took off from Florida aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on May 30, becoming the first astronauts to hitch a ride to the ISS on board a commercial spaceship, which is under contract with NASA.
It was the first time a crewed spaceship was launched from the United States since 2011 when the space shuttle program was ended.
Eventually, Dragon will regularly bring four astronauts to the ISS at a time...
This will be the first time the SpaceX capsule will make the journey to Earth with astronauts, having successfully completed an uncrewed test run last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
Are they sure they want to return to earth right now?
That was the joke when they went up, in the middle of the Covid pandemic and just after the first George Floyd riots. “Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have left the Earth. Good move, gentlemen, good move.”
Well I hope they don’t have to self quarantine when they land...
They might want to reconsider that return. Earth is a pretty sick place right now.
*ping*
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