The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor spaceship is seen landing with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on Sunday, August 2, 2020. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program was the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them safely to Earth aboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley returned after 64 days in space. Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley splashed safely into the Gulf of Mexico Sunday afternoon aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Endeavor”, wrapping a two-month mission, 27.1 million miles to the International Space Station on the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. The August 2, 2020, splashdown at 2:48 p.m. EDT off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, marked the first time that a commercially built and operated U.S. crew spacecraft returned from the International Space Station.
Below is a gallery with images of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor splashdown and recovery. Additionally, watch beautiful 4K video of the splashdown as video of the NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley talk about this milestone in human spaceflight.
