After successfully returning to Earth, SpaceX's Crew Dragon vehicle gets one step closer to carrying astronauts into space
NASA officials confirmed around 2:30 am ET that the capsule successfully detached from the space station. Crew Dragon continued to whirl through orbit and burned its thrusters four times to make a carefully choreographed, gradual descent. The final burn lasted about 15 minutes and helped the vehicle safely slice back through the Earth's thick atmosphere while still traveling thousands of miles per hour. As the capsule came back to Earth, it deployed a couple of parachutes to brake its speed.
— Anne McClain March 4, 2019 Completing the test mission on Friday brought SpaceX's Crew Dragon one step closer to flying humans — and ending the United States' years-long reliance on Russia to fly astronauts to and from the ISS. The capsule is SpaceX's first that is designed to carry humans.
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