SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts return to Earth
Source: CNN
The Crew Dragon capsule has splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico, finishing off the hardest part of today's journey.
And SpaceX personnel cheered loudly from inside mission control at SpaceX's Hawthorne, California headquarters. The GO Navigator rescue ship will move in to haul the Crew Dragon spacecraft out of the water and allow Behnken and Hurley to disembark.
More to come....
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/nasa-spacex-mission/index.html
MizLibby
(291 posts)Idiot-in-chief will take credit for the whole thing.
Backseat Driver
(4,407 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,707 posts)Published 4 mins ago on August 2, 2020By David Edwards
Supporters of President Donald Trump on Sunday were accused of jeopardizing astronauts return to Earth.
After SpaceXs Crew Dragon capsule became the first American spacecraft to splashdown in 45 years, a boat flying the Trump flag was spotted within feet of the astronauts.
The boaters were quickly called out on social media for interfering with the mission.
Watch the video and read some of the responses below.
Link to tweet
More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/boaters-with-trump-flag-accused-of-endangering-spacex-astronauts-after-splashdown/
Vinca
(50,342 posts)he was the one with the public/private inspiration and enactment of the mission under his administration. If Dear Leader heard that I'm sure SpaceX will be history.
oldsoftie
(12,680 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,307 posts)since the Space Shuttle came into service and landed like a regular aircraft.
BumRushDaShow
(130,145 posts)in an Apollo-era throwback maneuver!
The one big difference between the Apollo missions and this was that the SpaceX booster Falcon 9 "came back home" and wasn't just discarded in the ocean -
Congrats to those guys and SpaceX. I know at the end, the NASA commentator emphasized about the ship being built by an American company, by Americans, that launched from American soil and landed in American waters (or something along that line).
(and yeah, the Russian thing is touch and go given the hope that politics don't interfere, which makes this first manned "private company" test flight all the more important)
ffr
(22,683 posts)Get the stupid away.
Next thing you'll know, there will be boats with drunk or extra stupid drivers who will run into the capsule or recovery ship out of pure idiocy. How many times have boat owners hit the throttle when they meant to back off?
I'd go so far as to place small armed Navy PT boats around the entire area and broadcast on the news for days leading up to the splashdown, that if you come within 2 miles of the rescue operations, you will be viewed as a thread and risk having your boat sunk. No tolerance!