# SpaceX Brings Astronauts Home Safely in a Historic First

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/spacex-brings-astronauts-home-safely-in-a-historic-first/
- Published: 2020-08-05T09:30:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Article by Daniel Oberhaus. That’s a wrap on SpaceX’s crewed demo mission, which clears the way for the company to regularly launch astronauts for NASA. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley safely splashed down in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule off the Florida coast on Sunday after a two-month stay on the International Space Station. The two men made history earlier this summer when they became the first NASA astronauts to catch a ride to orbit on a private spacecraft as part of the SpaceX Demo-2 mission. It was a test flight to show NASA that the capsule is safe enough to fly humans, so the return of the astronauts concludes that mission. […] Click here to view original web page at www.wired.com