NASA-SpaceX mission: Astronauts splash down after historic mission
(WorldNews Business)

SpaceX`s Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley — splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, marking a safe end to an historic two-month mission and paving the way for the United States to once again become a world leader in human spaceflight. The Crew Dragon vehicle fired up its engines and safely plunged back through the Earth`s thick atmosphere on Sunday afternoon before deploying parachutes and slowing the vehicle down for its target landing off the coast of Florida. Mission control dispatched a humorous welcome to the astronauts: `Thank you for flying SpaceX.` The journey was made more dramatic by a two-day standoff with mother nature:...