A capsule with Nasa astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley is lifted out of water in the Gulf of Mexico. A capsule with Nasa astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico. Since then the United States has relied on Russia's space program to launch its astronauts to the space station. Behnken and Hurley undocked from the space station late on Saturday and began gradually decreasing their orbital altitude overnight, awaking Sunday morning to recorded wake-up calls from their sons. "Great to have Nasa Astronauts return to Earth after very successful two month mission," President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 02, 2020 20:26 UTC