CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An unmanned capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX splashed into the Atlantic Ocean on March 8, successfully completing a mission crucial to NASA’s long-delayed quest to resume human space flight from the United States soil later this year.
After a six-day mission to the International Space Station, Crew Dragon detached at about 2:30 a.m EST and sped back to earth, reaching hypersonic speeds before an 8:45 a.m. EST splash-down about 200 miles off the Florida coast.
