Photo: Twitter / @SpaceX
@Astro_Doug & @AstroBehnken will spend one more night in space prior to returning to their homeland, Earth.
SpaceX confirmed via Twitter that their crew has successfully returned home after months of exploration in outer space.
Crew Dragon touched down on earth Sunday afternoon after Falcon 9 took to orbit back on May 30.
Nasa two astronauts, Col. Doug Hurley and Col. Bob Behnken, manned the rocket ship and were welcomed back to earth just prior to noon pacific time.
Splashdown happened off the coast of Pensacola, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.
SpaceX is owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and sent the first manned private rocket ship into orbit from the United States.
Good splashdown of Dragon confirmed! Welcome back to Earth, @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug! pic.twitter.com/0vAS3CcK9P
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 2, 2020