The first manned mission of SpaceX has come to a conclusion and is a success as astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley arrived back home on Earth on Sunday, Aug. 2, in the historic splashdown aboard the company's Dragon capsule in the Gulf of Mexico.
Additionally, the tech CEO also posted a tweet from his official Twitter account, welcoming Hurley and Behnken back as well as thanking them for flying with SpaceX, and also congratulated the company and the people behind the mission, along with NASA for the completion of the first crewed Dragon flight.
But it turns out that Behnken and Hurley were not the only ones who returned home from the ISS.
In the tweet, Musk added an emoji of the US flag, which refers to SpaceX's rivalry with the Boeing Company on which astronaut crew would be the first to bring the American flag that was left on the ISS back in 2011.
Behnken and Hurley brought the flag back and were stowed as cargo in the Dragon capsule.
Pushing to Make Tourist Space Flights Possible
Both Boeing and SpaceX had to pay $7 billion to NASA for their "space taxi" contract, but after a failed test run last year, the company founded by Musk in 2002 became the clear frontrunner in the race to make space travel as common as air travel.
"I think my entire adrenaline just dumped. These are difficult times, there's not that much good news. No matter where you are on planet Earth, this is a good thing. And I hope it brightens your day," Musk further said.
Hurley also addressed the small group that gathered for their arrival and said that it was "overwhelming" to see everyone, especially with what has happened on Earth for the last few months, referencing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Another SpaceX crew launch will happen as early as next month in preparation for the possible tourist flights to the ISS as early as next year if the company's crewed missions work well.
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Written by: Nhx Tingson
