Marcia Dunn

AP Aerospace Writer

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX Capsule, NASA Crew Make 1st Splashdown in 45 Years

The astronauts' ride back to Earth was fast, bumpy and hot — at least on the outside.

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SpaceX Opens Era of Amateur Astronauts, Cosmic Movie Sets

It doesn’t quite reach the fantasized heights of George Jetson and Iron Man, but still promises plenty of thrills.

ASA astronauts Robert L. Behnken, left, and Chris Cassidy right, listen as commander Douglas Hurley speaks about retrieving the American flag left behind at the International Space Station nearly a decade ago.

SpaceX Beats Boeing in Cosmic Contest

Astronauts claimed the flag left at the International Space Station by the last crew to launch from the U.S. nearly a decade ago.

NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken smile outside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building

SpaceX on Cusp of Launching Astronauts

The planned afternoon liftoff to the International Space Station will be the first launch of Americans from U.S. soil in nearly a decade.

The SpaceX Falcon 9.

Weather Might Delay SpaceX's 1st Astronaut Launch

Forecasters put the odds of acceptable launch weather at 40%.

In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 file photo, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, right, and Doug Hurley talk to the media in front of the Crew Dragon spacecraft at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. On Friday, April 17, 2020, NASA and SpaceX announced May 27 for resuming human launches from the U.S. after nearly a decade. Hurley and Behnken will blast off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, departing from the same Kennedy Space Center launch pad used by Atlantis in July 2011.

NASA, SpaceX Pick Date to Resume Launches

Astronaut launches will begin from the U.S. after nine years of complete Russian dependence.