U.s. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence watch as the Falcon 9 rocket bearing the Crew Dragon launches from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Photo: Reuters.
America’s first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returned safely to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.
“On behalf of the NASA and SpaceX teams, welcome back to planet Earth and thanks for flying SpaceX,” replied SpaceX’s Mike Heiman, to laughter in the control room. The United States has had to rely on Russia for rides to space since the last Space Shuttle flew in 2011. The US has paid the two companies a total of about $7 billion for their “space taxi” contracts, though aerospace giant Boeing’s efforts have badly floundered.The Crew Dragon capsule performed several precise procedures in order to return home safely.
As it re-entered the atmosphere at a speed of around 17,500 mph , it experienced temperatures of 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit .Endeavour then deployed two sets of parachutes on its descent, bringing its speed down to a mere 15 mph as it hit the ocean.Footage showed the capsule drifting slowly away from the orbital laboratory in the darkness of space.
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