‘An Incredible Day`: Splashdown Concludes NASA`s SpaceX Demo-2
(WorldNews Japan)

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday afternoon aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon `Endeavour,` wrapping up a two-month, 27.1-million-mile mission to the International Space Station on the agency`s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. Today`s splashdown at 2:48 p.m. EDT off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, marked the first time a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft returned from the International Space Station. After the successful splashdown, the capsule and crew were successfully recovered by SpaceX. The astronauts are on their way back to Houston, where they will be reunited with their families. `It really is a great day; I`m...