{"id":5930,"date":"2020-08-03T00:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/blog\/spacex-successfully-lands-nasa-astronauts-bob-behnken-and-doug-hurley\/"},"modified":"2020-08-03T00:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T00:26:00","slug":"spacex-successfully-lands-nasa-astronauts-bob-behnken-and-doug-hurley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviancetechnologies.com\/blog\/spacex-successfully-lands-nasa-astronauts-bob-behnken-and-doug-hurley\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX successfully lands NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>[responsivevoice_button rate=&#8221;1\u2033 pitch=&#8221;1.2\u2033 volume=&#8221;0.8\u2033 voice=&#8221;US English Female&#8221; buttontext=&#8221;Story in Audio&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>SpaceX successfully lands NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"piano-inline-content-wrapper\" data-piano-inline-content-wrapper=\"\">\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley just completed a crucial test flight of SpaceX&#8217;s new Crew Dragon spaceship.<\/li>\n<li>The men splashed the space capsule into the Gulf of Mexico at 2:48 p.m. ET off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, following a risky plunge through Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.<\/li>\n<li>NASA&#8217;s administrator said the mission marks &#8220;the next era in human spaceflight,&#8221; since the agency is now poised to purchase flights from SpaceX.<\/li>\n<li>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said after the mission&#8217;s launch that he once doubted the company would ever see this day.<\/li>\n<li>Visit Business Insider&#8217;s homepage for more stories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SpaceX just achieved a feat that even CEO Elon Musk thought improbable when he founded the rocket company in 2002: flying people to and from space.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday afternoon, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley safely careened back to Earth after a 27-million-mile mission in orbit around the planet. The men flew in SpaceX&#8217;s new Crew Dragon spaceship, landing the cone-shaped capsule at 2:48 p.m. ET in the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the landing, the crew undocked from the $150 billion International Space Station, where they&#8217;d spent 63 days, then performed a series of maneuvers to return home to their families. The capsule handily survived a blistering 3,500-degree-Fahrenheit return through Earth&#8217;s atmosphere, a high-stakes parachute deployment, and the final splashdown.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after 4 p.m. ET, a SpaceX and NASA recovery crew pulled the astronauts from their toasted ship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks for doing the most difficult part and the most important part of human spaceflight: sending us into orbit and bringing us home safely,&#8221; Behnken said shortly before leaving the spaceship, which he and Hurley named Endeavour. &#8220;Thank you again for the good ship Endeavour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely been an honor and a pleasure to work with you, from the entire SpaceX team,&#8221; a capsule communicator responded from mission control at SpaceX&#8217;s headquarters in Hawthorne, California.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX privately designed, built, and operated the vehicle with about $2.7 billion in contracts from NASA&#8217;s Commercial Crew Program. The money helped SpaceX create its newfound spaceflight capability and is funding about half a dozen missions \u2014 including Behnken and Hurley&#8217;s demonstration flight, Demo-2, which launched on May 30.<\/p>\n<p>With Demo-2&#8217;s completion, SpaceX has put an end to a nine-year drought of crewed spaceflight from US soil. The company also resurrected NASA&#8217;s ability to reach the ISS, where the agency hopes to ramp up work to help it return humans to the moon and eventually reach Mars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are difficult times when there&#8217;s not that much good news. And I think this is one of those things that is universally good, no matter where you are on planet Earth. This is a good thing. And I hope it brightens your day,&#8221; Musk said during a NASA TV broadcast after the landing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not very religious, but I prayed for this one,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image image-figure-float-right float-md-right\" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1190 \/ 2000)\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-image \" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1 1'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5f27047e4dca687b1c00d4f6&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:200,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:119}}\" alt=\"spacex crew dragon endeavour astronauts touch screen nasa astronauts bob behnken doug hurley august 2 2020\"\/><noscript><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5f27047e4dca687b1c00d4f6?width=600&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n        NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (foreground) and Bob Behnken (background) in their Crew Dragon &#8220;Endeavour&#8221; spaceship while returning to Earth on August 2, 2020.<br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n          NASA<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The mission&#8217;s end likely brings SpaceX just weeks from a NASA certification of its Crew Dragon for regular flights of astronauts \u2014 and private citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to purchase, own, and operate the hardware the way we used to. We want to be one customer of many customers in a very robust commercial marketplace in low-Earth orbit,&#8221; Jim Bridenstine, NASA&#8217;s administrator, said ahead of the landing.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;This is the next era in human spaceflight, where NASA gets to be the customer. We want to be a strong customer, we want to be a great partner. But we don&#8217;t want to be the only ones that are operating with humans in space.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a news briefing following the landing, officials and astronauts remarked on how uneventful the astronaut&#8217;s return flight was (except for a few surprises on the ground, such as civilian boats pulling up to the space capsule).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It did not seem like this was the first NASA SpaceX mission with astronauts on board,&#8221; Michael Hopkins, a NASA astronaut who&#8217;s slated to fly on SpaceX&#8217;s next mission, Crew-1, said. &#8220;It seemed to go extremely smoothly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX&#8217;s president and CEO, said even SpaceX leadership was a bit taken aback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;re surprised \u2014 minorly surprised, but obviously incredibly pleased \u2014 that this went as smoothly as it did,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<h2>American astronauts, rockets, and spaceships launching from US soil<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image image-figure-float-right float-md-right\" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 3000 \/ 1999)\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-image \" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1 1'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5ed5d0d33ad8615ab70b6ab3&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1999,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:3000}}\" alt=\"spacex falcon 9 rocket launch crew dragon endeavour spaceship nasa astronauts bob behnken doug hurley american us flag kennedy space center ksc AP_20151703843356\"\/><noscript><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5ed5d0d33ad8615ab70b6ab3?width=600&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n        A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in a Crew Dragon capsule on top, launches from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 30, 2020.<br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apimages.com\/metadata\/Index\/Home-Launch\/154af08b7ba64550ad02005b544c36d8\/213\/0\" class=\"image-source-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n          David J. Phillip\/AP Photo<br \/>\n            <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Before Demo-2, the United States hadn&#8217;t launched humans into space from American soil since July 2011, when NASA flew its final space shuttle mission.<\/p>\n<p>During the following nine years, NASA had to rely on Russia&#8217;s Soyuz launch system to ferry its astronauts to and from the space station. But that became increasingly expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, Russia charged more and more per round-trip ticket for each NASA astronaut. The cost rose from about $21 million in 2008 (before the shuttle was retired) to more than $90 million per seat on a planned flight for October. A seat on SpaceX&#8217;s Crew Dragon, meanwhile, is projected to cost $55 million (not including NASA&#8217;s $2.7 billion in funding), according to NASA&#8217;s inspector general.<\/p>\n<p>Also, with just one to two seats for NASA astronauts aboard each Soyuz flight \u2014 compared to the space shuttle&#8217;s seven \u2014 the arrangement limited American use of the ISS, which has housed as many as 13 people at once (though space-station crews are typically six people).<\/p>\n<p>Most concerning to mission managers, the arrangement left NASA reliant on a single launch system. That became especially worrisome when high-profile issues arose with Soyuz over the past few years, including a mysterious leak and a rocket-launch failure that forced an emergency landing. After these incidents, NASA and other space agencies had nowhere else to turn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With SpaceX&#8217;s successful Demo-2 flight \u2014 and the upcoming test flights of Boeing&#8217;s CST-100 Starliner spaceship \u2014 that insecure footing for US astronauts is now in the rearview mirror.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the culmination of a dream,&#8221; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told &#8220;CBS This Morning&#8221; ahead of the mission&#8217;s launch in May. &#8220;This is a dream come true. In fact, it feels surreal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to giving NASA better access to the space station, having a spacecraft and launch system enables the agency to use the space station&#8217;s microgravity environment to conduct more science experiments \u2014 in pharmaceuticals, materials science, astronomy, medicine, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The International Space Station is a critical capability for the United States of America. Having access to it is also critical,&#8221; Bridenstine said during a briefing on May 1.\u00a0&#8220;We are moving forward very rapidly with this program that is so important to our nation and, in fact, to the entire world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Demo-2 brings SpaceX one step closer to the moon and Mars<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 5144 \/ 6859)\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-image \" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1 1'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5ece9a2eaee6a80f94010a03&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:6859,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:5144}}\" alt=\"mars human exploration\"\/><noscript><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5ece9a2eaee6a80f94010a03?width=600&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n        Artist&#8217;s concept of astronauts and human habitats on Mars.<br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nasa.gov\/details-PIA23302.html\" class=\"image-source-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n          JPL \/ NASA<br \/>\n            <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>With the completion of Demo-2, SpaceX has also gained operational experience flying people to and from space for the first time. That&#8217;s hugely important to Musk, who has big plans for SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to fly tourists into space: In February, SpaceX announced that it had sold four seats through a spaceflight tourism company called Space Adventures. Then in March, news broke that the company Axiom Space \u2014 led in part by a former ISS mission manager at NASA \u2014 had also signed a deal with SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s even a flight of actor Tom Cruise aboard Crew Dragon in the works \u2014 part of a plan to film a movie aboard the ISS.<\/p>\n<p>But Musk&#8217;s primary aim is to launch people around the moon, later land others on the lunar surface, then move on to establish Martian cities. His ultimate goal is to put 1 million settlers on the red planet.<\/p>\n<p>NASA shares some of Musk&#8217;s ambitions to send humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars. Sending astronauts to the space station aboard the Crew Dragon represents a major milestone toward those goals.<\/p>\n<p>Bridenstine also said\u00a0 that he&#8217;d eventually like to see entire commercial space stations in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The next big thing is we need commercial space stations themselves. And in order to create the market for commercial space stations, we have to have these transformational capabilities,&#8221; Bridenstine said ahead of the landing.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;I doubted us, too&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1918 \/ 3000)\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-image \" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 1 1'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5f26f76faee6a877f81a68c4&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1500,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:959}}\" alt=\"elon musk nasa demo 2 demo2 celebrates astronauts launch celebratory cheers cheering happy excited hands arms up raised air 2020 05 30T000000Z_1135458588_RC29ZG90LKEG_RTRMADP_3_SPACE EXPLORATION SPACEX LAUNCH\"\/><noscript><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5f26f76faee6a877f81a68c4?width=600&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n        SpaceX founder Elon Musk celebrates the launch of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley from Florida on May 30, 2020. The two men rode the rocket company&#8217;s Crew Dragon spaceship on a Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.<br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n            <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersconnect.com\/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2020%3Anewsml_RC29ZG90LKEG&amp;share=true\" class=\"image-source-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n          Steve Nesius\/Reuters<br \/>\n            <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>During a briefing following the launch of Demo-2, Business Insider asked Musk if he had a message for those who ever doubted him or the company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be totally frank, I doubted us, too. I thought we had maybe \u2014 when starting SpaceX \u2014 maybe had a 10% chance of reaching orbit. So to those who doubted us I was like, &#8216;Well, I think you&#8217;re probably right,'&#8221; Musk said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;It took us took us four attempts just to get to orbit with Falcon 1 &#8230; People told me this joke: How do you make a small fortune in the rocket industry? &#8216;You start with a large one&#8217; is the punch line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk said SpaceX &#8220;just barely made it there,&#8221; adding, &#8220;So hey, I think those doubters were \u2014 their probability assessment was correct. But fortunately, fate has smiled upon us and brought us to this day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This story has been updated with new information. It was originally published at 2:48 p.m. ET on August 2, 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you have a story or inside information to share about the spaceflight industry?<\/strong> Send Dave Mosher an email at dmosher+tips@businessinsider.com or a Twitter direct message at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davemosher\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">@davemosher<\/a>. 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