WASHINGTON: The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Saturday (Aug 1) with two US astronauts on board, ...
undocked from the International Space Station on Saturday with two US astronauts on board, beginning their journey back to Earth despite a storm threatening Florida.
Their proposed splash-down sites are off the coast of western Florida's panhandle, while tropical storm Isaias is headed toward the state's east coast.NASA opted to go ahead with bringing the pair home despite the threat of Isaias, which was"Now is the entry, descent and splashdown phase after we undock, hopefully a little bit later today," Hurley said in a farewell ceremony aboard the ISS that was broadcast on NASA TV.
Earlier, during the ISS ceremony, Behnken said that"the hardest part was getting us launched. But the most important part is bringing us home". The mission, which blasted off May 30, marked the first time a crewed spaceship had launched into orbit from American soil since 2011 when the space shuttle programme ended.READ: Russian space agency calls Trump's reaction to SpaceX launch 'hysteria'
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