{"id":253629,"date":"2020-08-03T22:12:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T02:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=253629"},"modified":"2020-08-03T22:12:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T02:12:31","slug":"nasa-hails-success-of-spacexs-1st-astronaut-mission-this-is-just-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/nasa-hails-success-of-spacexs-1st-astronaut-mission-this-is-just-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA hails success of SpaceX&#8217;s 1st astronaut mission: &#8216;This is just the beginning&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-253630\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SpaceX.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SpaceX.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SpaceX-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The success of SpaceX&#8217;s first-ever crewed mission has NASA very optimistic about the future of human spaceflight.<\/p>\n<p>A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-splashdown.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico today<\/u><\/a>\u00a0(Aug. 2), wrapping up the company&#8217;s historic Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-placeholder\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"7177908633799491000\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-demo2-nasa-astronaut-launch-success.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>Demo-2&#8217;s May 30 launch<\/u><\/a>\u00a0was the first orbital crewed mission to depart from U.S. soil since the final flight of NASA&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16726-space-shuttle.html\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>space shuttle<\/u><\/a>\u00a0program, back in 2011. With Demo-2 now in the books, the nation is poised to make this drought a distant memory, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/nasa-hails-spacex-astronaut-mission-demo-2.html?utm_source=notification\">Read the full story from Space.com&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The success of SpaceX&#8217;s first-ever crewed mission has NASA very optimistic about the future of human spaceflight. 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