Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico

The spacecraft Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Florida, finished 1st manned flight to the International space station.

He touched the water in the calculation 21: 48 Moscow time.

before in the territory of splashdown has already sent a rescue ship Go Navigator. Astronauts will be able to leave the capsule after the fact, how the Experts will examine her and raise on Board.

as long as they remain inside. Exit of the crew were rounded up because of the high content of dinitrogen tetroxide on the surface of the capsule.

"in large volume, It has the ability to be toxic, for this reason, carefully waiting for lower figures," said leading broadcast NASA.

then Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who returned from the ISS, will pass medical examination. Astronauts will ship first to a military base on the coast of Florida, and then transported to Houston. The crew members have revealed that feel good. The head of the United States Donald trump paid homage to their returning to the Earth.

Created by the company SpaceX spacecraft went to the ISS at the end of may, the Astronauts spent in orbit for two months. After testing unmanned and manned missions NASA certifies Dragon Crew for nominal missions, the first of which is scheduled for September.

Crew Dragon became 1st private manned spaceship. Now the US can reclaim the ability on their own to carry out manned space flight: within the last nine years of American citizens to the ISS for a fee delivered the Soyuz spacecraft. The President of the press service of Roskosmos Vladimir Ustimenko first noted that the Russian astronauts in the future while interacting with NASA have the opportunity to begin to fly on American ships and Crew Dragon Cockpit, and American Astronauts will continue to exchange to go to the ISS on Russian ships.



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