We see splashdown and mains cut.” “Dragon Endeavor has returned home.” “NASA astronauts Bob and Doug —” [crosstalk] “On behalf of the SpaceX and NASA teams, welcome back to planet Earth, and thanks for flying SpaceX!”The first astronaut trip to orbit by a private company has splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico. Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, further explained the reasoning on Twitter early on Sunday:Returning from the free-fall environment of orbit to the normal forces of gravity on Earth is often disorienting for astronauts. Bob Behnken (à gauche) et Doug Hurley lors de leur départ vers l'ISS. After Behnken and Hurley's return to Earth, their spacecraft will now undergo a series of inspections in Florida to assess how the vehicle performed throughout its flight.If certified, the next Crew Dragon capsule will launch NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, to the space station in late September. ... Fla,, on August 2, 2020. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Let our news meet your inbox. Ils avaient atteint la station de recherche à bord de la capsule créée par SpaceX, la société d'Les deux astronautes américains sont les premiers à rejoindre l'ISS par l'intermédiaire d'une société privée, en collaboration avec la Nasa.

À 13H51 (17H51 GMT), elle devait entamer une série de manœuvres délicates, à commencer par le délestage de matériels inutiles pour la fin du voyage.

NASA astronauts (from left) Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley and Chris Cassidy are the U.S. members of the Expedition 63 crew aboard the International Space Station.

Les Américains voyageaient depuis à bord de fusées russes. Les deux astronautes ont quitté la Station spatiale internationale (ISS) aux alentours de 1 h 34 du matin, comme convenu. SpaceX had originally planned for the Crew Dragon to do ground landings, but decided that water landings, employed for the earlier version of Dragon for taking cargo, simplified the development of the capsule. Confirms a physical separation at 4:35 p.m. Pacific as the station and Dragon are flying 267 statute miles over Johannesburg, South Africa.” “And separation occurred on time today, as with everything else occurring on schedule, sending Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley back toward Earth.”Following a series of thruster firings to put the spacecraft on track with the landing site, the astronauts’ Any return journey that exceeds six hours has to be long enough for the crew to get some sleep between undocking and splashdown, Daniel Huot, a NASA spokesman, said in an email.Otherwise, because of the extended process that leads up to undocking, the crew would end up working more than 20 hours straight, “which is not safe for dynamic operations like water splashdown and recovery,” Mr. Huot said.On Sunday morning, the astronauts were greeted with a wake up message sent from Earth by their two sons.After launch, re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere is the second most dangerous phase of spaceflight.

In 2018, they were assigned to the first SpaceX flight.Originally, the mission was to last only up to two weeks, but Mr. Behnken and Mr. Hurley ended up with a longer and busier stay at the space station.

The splash down took place at around 2:48 pm ET.The splashdown took place off the coast of Pensacola, where a recovery boat that departed its port at 9:20 a.m. was staged for operations. Après une nuit sans incident, ils ont reçu le feu vert dimanche pour amerrir comme prévu. SpaceX a été chargé par la Nasa de servir de nouveau taxi spatial afin que les Américains ne dépendent plus des Russes pour rejoindre l'orbite terrestre. Two small SpaceX boats arrived quickly to begin the operation to prepare the capsule to be pulled out by the main recovery ship, where crews will tend to the spacecraft’s passengers.NASA has hired two companies — SpaceX and Boeing — to provide transportation of astronauts to and from the International Space Station, and SpaceX was the first to be ready to take astronauts to orbit, After 4 p.m., the recovery crews opened the hatch and assisted Mr. Behnken and Mr. Hurley, still in their spacesuits and giving thumbs ups, to exit the capsule.