GULF OF MEXICO - US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX's new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the capsule in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a two-month voyage that was Nasa's first crewed mission from home soil in nine years.
"On behalf of the SpaceX and Nasa teams, welcome back to Planet Earth. Thanks for flying SpaceX," SpaceX mission control said upon splashdown. The crew will spend up to an hour floating inside the capsule before joint recovery teams from SpaceX and Nasa retrieve them for a helicopter trip ashore. The landmark mission, launched from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center on May 31, marked the first time the US space agency launched humans from American soil since its shuttle programme retired in 2011. Since then the United States has relied on Russia's space program to launch its astronauts to the space station.
"Good morning Dragon Endeavor," Hurley's son said in a recorded message sent to the capsule."I'm happy you went into space but I'm even happier that you're coming back home."
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