Holiday in Space!
For the first time, from a trip organized by a private company SpaceX , NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have returned to Earth bringing their historic two-month mission at the International Space Station (ISS) to an end. Their mission began on 30 May 2020 , when Behnken and Hurley both launched inside the SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida and then docked with ISS a day later. Called Demon-2, the mission was meant to prove out Crew Dragon’s biggest capabilities -- by safely transporting people to space and getting them to the ISS. Now SpaceX has proved that the Crew Dragon capsule can safely bring people back home, too. Astronauts Revisit Their Mission Aboard ISS After Returning To Earth In SpaceX Capsule This is just a reminder to my grand-kids . Maybe, when they are ready on their own for their holidays, they might be able to book their journey in space, as well as lodging, through Airbnb . Who knows! There is a 6-bed room place up there ...