Get Spacex Dragon Capsule Return Background. A recovery vessel moved in to pick up the vehicle and extricate the men. The spacecraft left the space station this morning at 10:59 a.m.

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The spacex crew dragon spacecraft separated from the international space station early friday, setting the stage for a fiery unpiloted plunge to splashdown off the coast of florida later friday morning. The capsule had previously visited the iss in 2015 for a resupply mission. The dragon capsule pulled away from the orbiting lab early friday, a test dummy named ripley its lone occupant.

May soon be able to ferry astronauts to and from space without relying on russian spacecraft.

After more than two months aboard the international space station (iss), nasa astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley returned to earth today, parachuting through the planet's skies in a spacex dragon capsule. America's new commercial astronaut capsule has completed its demonstration flight with a successful splashdown in the atlantic ocean. A spacex falcon 9 rocket, topped with the crew dragon capsule, is launched this weekend's launch has been praised by nasa as historic, signaling both the first time a commercially developed spaceship is being used on a regular iss mission and the official return of the us capability for. They will spend the night in orbit before already, nasa has assigned astronauts to future spacex crew dragon flights — including megan mcarthur, who happens to be married to behnken.