nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Splashdown! SpaceX And NASA Astronauts Make History||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||NASA and SpaceX are welcoming home two astronauts who splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico after several months on the International Space Station.










People line the A. Max Brewer Causeway to watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida May 30, 2020 in Titusville, Florida. American astronauts Bob Behknen and Doug Hurley are aboard the crew Dragon capsule on a mission to link up with International Space Station. This is NASA's first crewed launch from U.S. soil since 2011 at the ending of the Space Shuttle program.



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Splashdown! SpaceX And NASA Astronauts Make History






NASA and SpaceX are welcoming home two astronauts who splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico after several months on the International Space Station.