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Dragon spacecraft arrives back into Port Canaveral after historic splashdown
Read full article: Dragon spacecraft arrives back into Port Canaveral after historic splashdownPORT CANAVERAL, Fla. Looking a little toasty after a historic splashdown on the Gulf Coast, SpaceXs astronaut spacecraft will arrive back at Cape Canaveral on Friday afternoon. The Crew Dragon spacecraft nicknamed Endeavour is set to arrive by boat coming into Port Canaveral sometime around 5 p.m. News 6 will be there as the boat called Go Navigator makes its way into Port with the capsule. Behnken said next, before the parachutes deployed slowing the spacecraft from 350 mph to about 15 mph for splashdown, they could feel Crew Dragon maneuver itself for re-entry using its thrusters. Once the spacecraft is back at Cape Canaveral, the work begins to determine if NASA can issue the final flight certification for Dragon. Another astronaut crew, with three NASA astronauts and one Japanses astronaut, are set to launch on another Crew Dragon spacecraft in late September.
What needs to happen before SpaceXs Dragon Endeavour flies astronauts again?
Read full article: What needs to happen before SpaceXs Dragon Endeavour flies astronauts again?CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The SpaceX spacecraft that made history after successfully completing its first flight with two NASA astronauts is not done yet, it will be refurbished and reflown again. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken arrived safely home Sunday in their Dragon spacecraft nicknamed Endeavour, splashing down off Floridas west coast in the first splashdown since the Apollo program. The Crew Dragon spacecraft was designed to fly on five to 10 missions with maintenance between spaceflights. The next group set to fly on Dragon Endeavour is made up of two NASA astronauts: a Japanese astronaut and a European astronaut. A different Crew Dragon spacecraft is slated to launch four crew -- three Americans and one Japanese astronauts -- in late September.