SpaceX safely returned a pair of NASA astronauts to Earth on Sunday afternoon, concluding the critical Demo-2 mission for Elon Musk's company.
The Demo-2 mission marks the final test after SpaceX has spent years developing the Crew Dragon capsule. NASA has awarded SpaceX with $3.1 billion to develop the spacecraft, as well as launch six operational missions. The agency also awarded Boeing with contracts worth $4.8 billion to developing a spacecraft called Starliner, althoughNASA expects to spent about six weeks reviewing the data from Demo-2 before it moves forward with the first operational mission, planned for late September.
Behnken and Hurley will stay seated during this process, with Endeavour's hatch closed. After they get out of the spacecraft, a helicopter will carry Behnken and Hurley back to shore, taking off from the helipad on the ship's upper deck. This combination of pictures created on May 30, 2020 shows A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020.
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