After two months aboard the International Space Station, Dragonship Endeavour with its two-person astronaut crew is back on Earth, having splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.
Read MoreNASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken completed their fourth spacewalk in less than a month to upgrade the International Space Station, setting the stage for future additions to the 20-year-old outpost.
Read MoreOne of the main reasons the Demo-2 crew — NASA’s Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken — is staying aboard the International Space Station for so long is so they can help the Expedition 63 crew, commanded by NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, with various tasks aboard the outpost, including the final test of battery upgrades on the external truss.
Read MoreFor nearly nine years, the United States relied a Russian spacecraft to get American astronauts to the International Space Station. With the launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and two NASA astronauts, that reliance has ended.
Read MoreLess than 19 hours after soaring into orbit from Florida, SpaceX’s Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken reached the International Space Station.
Read MoreHistory has been made! For the first time since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011, American astronauts have launched into space in an American spacecraft from American soil, ending a nearly nine-year gap in the United States’ ability to independently launch people to the ISS.
Read MoreAfter nearly nine years, NASA is finally on the cusp of regaining its ability to independently launch people into orbit. The Demo-2 Crew Dragon mission is slated to send NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station for a stay of at least a month as early as late May.
Read MoreOrbital Velocity is designed to be "living time capsule" about the International Space Station.
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