Everything SpaceX Had To Get Right For Crew Dragon's Splashdown

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Everything SpaceX Had To Get Right For Crew Dragon's Splashdown

Everything SpaceX Had To Get Right For Crew Dragon's Splashdown

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Published 06 Aug 2020

· SpaceX and NASA's Crew Demo-2 mission is officially a success after the safe return of the Crew Dragon capsule and the astronauts inside.
· Elon Musk has said that this was the most nerve-racking part of the entire mission.

· High speeds and temperatures make it extremely dangerous to reenter Earth's atmosphere and...

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