The final hurdle for SpaceX and Crew Dragon is a safe return to Earth with astronauts on board. Crew Dragon is in great health on the space station, and teams will continue to look for the optimal conditions for both splashdown and recovery. The following weather conditions will be monitored for Crew splashdown sites and will be used to make the decision prior to departure and deorbit. SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship, carrying four astronauts for NASA, is preparing to plow through the atmosphere at 25 times the speed of sound, deploy four parachutes as ⦠The first splashdown of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule took place in August 2020 for the Demo-2 mission, returning NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley from space after a ⦠SpaceX Crew Dragon splashdown: See NASA astronauts return to Earth. On Saturday, May 1, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will depart from the International Space Station (ISS) carrying four astronauts on their journey ⦠Astronauts on SpaceX's Crew-1 Dragon capsule are now scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday before 3 a.m. EST. A crew member from the SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft exiting the capsule after its return to Earth, after splashdown off the coast of Panama City in the US state of Florida this morning The claw is located on Crew Dragonâs trunk, connecting thermal control, power, and avionics system components located on the trunk to the capsule. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will address their upcoming SpaceX Crew Dragon departure and splashdown in a news conference at 10:45 a.m. EDT Friday, July 31, from the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down at 2:56 a.m. Their return marked the end of the first crew rotation mission to the station by the Crew Dragon spacecraft, developed in partnership between NASA and Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX⦠SpaceX yesterday tweeted: "SpaceX and NASA are targeting 7:34 pm EDT on Saturday, August 1 for Crew Dragon and the two astronauts to depart the orbiting laboratory and return to Earth." They will be traveling back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, and ⦠SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on Friday returned home from its historic six-day test flight. The Crew Dragon's return to Earth will mark only the second piloted water landing since SpaceX began launching astronauts last year in NASA's commercial crew program. NASA and SpaceX want the Crew-1 mission to return to Earth before May 9, when the movement of the space stationâs orbit would only afford nighttime landing opportunities for the Crew Dragon. SpaceXâs Dragon capsule â and the Nasa Crew-1 mission it was carrying â has safely returned to Earth after a trip to the International Space Station. The four astronauts aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule "Resilience" safely returned to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in parachutes landing in the Gulf of Mexico after a ⦠It will now be refurbished to fly again next year. SpaceX Crew Return Weather Criteria. When Boeingâs Starliner capsule begins carrying crews to the space station, it will return on land, in New Mexico. NASA and SpaceX are planning to return Crew Dragon to Earth on Sunday after a departure from the ISS on Saturday. More details about the return can be found in the Top 10 Things to Know for NASAâs SpaceX Demo-2 Return and the splashdown weather criteria fact sheet. The astronauts' Dragon capsule launched to the space station at the end of May on a Falcon 9 rocket, also supplied by SpaceX. SpaceXâs Crew Dragon spacecraft, far right, docked to the International Space Station on July 1. A tropical storm now threatens some of ⦠Early Sunday, the four astronauts onboard the historic SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule returned to Earth safely, splashing down in parachutes in the Gulf of ⦠The Crew Dragon astronauts on the recovery ship shortly after landing in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday. ET Sunday. The SpaceX Crew Dragon âResilienceâ shuttle returned to Earth on May 2. SpaceX Dragon crew makes a triumphant, safe return to Earth More The four person crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico overnight, ending a five ⦠NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley describe in vivid detail what itâs like to land on Earth inside SpaceXâs Crew Dragon, claiming it didnât sound like a machine but more like an animal. The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Resilience, successfully ferried four ISS astronauts back home in an overnight splashdown off the coast of Florida. Unfortunately for SpaceX, NASA hasnât decided when that return trip will actually happen. NASA and SpaceX have delayed the return to Earth for four astronauts on the Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station until Sunday (May 2) due to bad weather. SpaceXâs first operational Crew Dragon spacecraft has safely returned its four-astronaut crew back to Earth after a record-breaking voyage in space. Astronauts in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule safely splashed down to Earth, wrapping up their six-month mission to ⦠NASA astronauts return to Earth in first nighttime splashdown since Apollo 8. Mission teams from NASA and SpaceX will meet again on Friday to further review opportunities for the safe return of Crew-1. NASA delays return of SpaceX Crew-1 until Saturday AP In this image made from NASA TV, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, left, approaches to ⦠SpaceX launched and recovered an unpiloted Crew Dragon capsule last year and carried out a dramatic in-flight abort, again unpiloted, earlier this year. The capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City, marking the successful end of ⦠The Demo-2 mission came to a successful end after Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday. Despite the early hour, the Coast Guard was out in full force to enforce an 11-mile (18-kilometer) keep-out zone around the bobbing Dragon capsule.