{"id":4052,"date":"2020-08-01T21:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T21:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2020-08-02T20:40:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T20:40:45","slug":"crew-dragon-demo-2-returning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/crew-dragon-demo-2-returning\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew Dragon Demo-2 Returning"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong> August 2, 2020 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/21X5lGlDOfg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20200519ff\/20200802-1418-Demo-2-Recovery-658.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour on deck of recovery ship GO Navigator. (August 2, 2020)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re back.<\/p>\n<p>Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley rode Crew Dragon Endeavour down to the Gulf of Mexico, off the Pensacola coast.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re on SpaceX recovery shop GO Navigator, headed back to Florida.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/behnken-hurley-science-scrapbook\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/brendans-island.com\/blogsource\/20200519ff\/20200801-alt1_iss063e028506-658.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"From NASA: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, installing a new European Drawer Rack Mark 2 in the ISS Columbus module.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley flew Crew Dragon Endeavour, C206, to the International Space Station on May 30. They&#8217;re leaving this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>I missed this morning&#8217;s farewell ceremony on the ISS. But NASA recorded it, so I&#8217;m a happy camper:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R49330kDYk8\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s live coverage starts in about a half-hour:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">Live coverage<\/a> of NASA&#8217;s SpaceX Demo-2 return will begin at 5:15 p.m. and continue through the targeted splashdown at 2:41 p.m. on Sunday, the first return of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft carrying astronauts from the space station. It will wrap up NASA&#8217;s SpaceX Demo-2 test fligh after more than two months at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a>&#8230;.&#8221;<br \/>\n(&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/commercialcrew\/2020\/08\/01\/nasas-spacex-demo-2-teams-targeting-gulf-of-mexico-for-splashdown\/\">NASA&#8217;s SpaceX Demo-2: Teams Targeting Gulf of Mexico for Splashdown<\/a>,&#8221; Marie Lewis, Commercial Crew Program, NASA (August 1, 2020))<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m embedding the NASA Live YouTube channel after listing links to stuff I&#8217;ve been looking at lately. This sort of thing fascinates me. Your experience may vary. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasalive\">NASA Live<\/a><br \/>\nnasa.gov<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg\">NASA Live: Official Stream of NASA TV<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-to-provide-coverage-of-astronauts-return-from-space-station-on-spacex-commercial\">NASA to Provide Coverage of Astronauts\u2019 Return from Space Station on SpaceX Commercial Crew Test Flight<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nMedia Advisory, Commercial Crew, NASA (July 24, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>Space Station Research, NASA\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/behnken-hurley-science-scrapbook\">NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley\u2019s Scientific Journeys aboard the Space Station<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(July 30, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/research\/news\/space-station-science-highlights-29jun20\">Space Station Science Highlights: Week of June 29, 2020<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(July 2, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21X5lGlDOfg\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I had, and have, more to say about the ISS, commercial spaceflight, being human and all that.<\/p>\n<p>But, happily, my number-one daughter called this afternoon. We had a good talk, I&#8217;m looking forward to our next chats about Sabaton, winged hussars, psychology-sociology-psychiatry stuff and a mess of other allegedly-related topics.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, here&#8217;s the usual related (more or less) posts link list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/demo-2s-rescheduled-launch\/\">Demo-2&#8217;s Rescheduled Launch<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(May 30, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/another-small-step-demo-2\/\">Another Small Step: Demo-2<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(May 29, 2020)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/one-small-step-in-a-long-journey\/\">&#8216;One Small Step&#8217; in a Long Journey<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(July 20, 2019)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/apollo-11-50-years-later\/\">Apollo 11, 50 Years Later<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(July 16, 2019)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/commercial-spaceflight-another-step\/\">Commercial Spaceflight: Another Step<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(March 8, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update August 2, 2020 3:30 p.m. They&#8217;re back. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley rode Crew Dragon Endeavour down to the Gulf of Mexico, off the Pensacola coast. They&#8217;re on SpaceX recovery shop GO Navigator, headed back to Florida. 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