A Couple Of Things They Had To Do
What did they have to do? The pair had to set up research equipment, add self-shot photos to the Crew Earth Observations project, and more. On the NASA website, it read, “Together, [Behnken and Hurley] spent more than 100 hours assisting or conducting science and technology demonstrations on station.”
A Couple Of Things They Had To Do
Time To Head Back To Earth
Once they were done with the tasks, it was time for them to return home. Even though SpaceX Dragon took them to space successfully on the maiden voyage, the question now was whether it could bring them home. This was not an easy process. From the laws of physics standpoint, we’re only halfway done,” retired NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman shared with The Verge prior to their return. “All that energy you put in [during launch], you have to take every bit of that energy out when you come home.”
Time To Head Back To Earth