NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station are returning to Earth — by splashing down in Florida waters. But with a hurricane headed that way, it's unclear if the weather will cooperate with the plan.
headed towards Florida, however, it's unclear if the weather will cooperate with the plan.
"We have confidence that the teams on the ground are, of course, watching that much more closely than we are," said Behnken."And we won't leave the space station without some good landing opportunities in front of us, good splashdown weather in front of us." He said the astronauts could always stay on the space station longer."There's more chow and I know the space station program's got more work that we can do," said Behnken.
After the astronauts undock from the station, they can remain in the capsule for 24 to 48 hours before splashing down. Their mission is technically a demonstration flight—it is the final test for SpaceX's crew system to be certified by NASA as 'operational' for future astronaut missions to and from the space station.
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