Dragon, the NASA and SpaceX spacecraft, successfully lands in the Gulf of Mexico

International Space Station. “data-reactid =” 13 “> Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken successfully landed on Sunday aboard the Dragon Endeavor capsule where they departed a day earlier from the International Space Station.

The success of the operation is seen as a sign that the United States has, in return, an efficient system to put crew into orbit and achieve their return, BBC reports.

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TV, SpaceX 's Crew Dragon capsule spacecraft just before it splashes down in to the water after completing NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, August 2, 2020 off the coast of Pensacola, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceXs crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)" data-reactid="25">

GULF OF MEXICO – AUGUST 2: In this screen grab from NASA TV, SpaceX ‘s Crew Dragon capsule spacecraft just before it splashes down in to the water after completing NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, August 2, 2020 off the coast of Pensacola, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceXs crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)

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International Space Station (EEI) since the 2000s. “Data-reactid =” 29 “> NASA had been planning to outsource crew transport to the International Space Station (EEI) since the 2000s.

weather conditions in Florida. “data-reactid =” 30 “>A few hours earlier, both astronauts had said goodbye to the three colleagues they left on the ISS, although there was still some uncertainty.e regarding your trip taking into account the weather conditions in Florida.