After undocking with the International Space Station Saturday evening, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley made it safely back down to Earth.
After undocking with the International Space Station Saturday yesterday evening, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley began their thrill ride of a return journey inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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A 2:48pm ET, @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug splashed down, marking the first splashdown of an American crew spacecraft in 45 years. #LaunchAmericapic.twitter.com/zO3KlNwxU3
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Roughly 19 hours later, the pair splashed down effortlessly in the Atlantic at exactly 2:48 pm EDT off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.
