太空总署和SpaceX去年在一次无载人的任务中演练了海面溅落的返回程序。 美国航天员道格·赫利(Doug Hurley)与鲍勃·班肯(Bob Behnken)已经解锁他们的“奋进号载人龙”(Dragon Endeavour)太空舱并从国际空间站脱离,开始返回地球的旅程。 两人预计将在美国当地时间周日14时40分(英国时间19时40分)以“海面溅落”(splashd...
Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon splashdown in ocean, completes historic NASA test flight SpaceX safely splashed its Crew Dragon capsule into the Atlantic on Friday, completing the company’s test flight to the International Space Station and moving the U.S. one step closer to being able to launch...
Crew Dragon capsule Endurance splashed down off the coast of Tampa in the Gulf of Mexico. "On behalf of the entire SpaceX team, welcome home," Sarah Gillis, SpaceX lead operations engineer, said on a webcast after splashdown. "It's been an absolute honor to support you on your...
At 2:48am Beijing Time today, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, marking the first splashdown of an American crew spacecraft in 45 years.
Astronauts (front to back) Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are suited up inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon preparing for splashdown. Credit: NASA TV These activities are a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which has been working with the U.S. aerospace industry to launch astronauts on Am...
The Crew Dragon – NASA Crew 5 (Endurance) – safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Tampa, Florida, USA on 12 March at 0202 GMT. After an automated 11 minute de-orbit burn the craft re-entered and deployed its main chutes at an approximate altitude of 6,500...
NASA expects it to take an hour after splashdown for Behnken and Hurley to be out of Crew Dragon and on the deck of SpaceX’s main recovery vessel. They’ll be greeted by NASA personnel, doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, who will assess the crew and make sure they...
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft 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. NASA footage showed the capsule drifting slowly...
Crew Dragon's two astronauts will join two Starliner fliers for a five-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station. Sep 28 Polaris Dawn crew splashes down to end record-setting commercial mission Splashdown northwest of Key West, Florida, closed out a mission highlighted by the fir...
The landing was the first crewed and U.S.-made spacecraft splashdown amid darkness since 1968, and the second time a space capsule has ever landed in the Gulf of Mexico. It's also only the second time NASA and SpaceX have brought astronauts back to Earth on a Crew Dragon spacecraft. ...