A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the crew back to Earth splashed down off Florida early Sunday in NASA's first nighttime ocean landing in more than 50 years. Inhale, because I felt really heavy — I felt like those cartoons when they experience G and your face is just sagging down," said American Victor Glover, one of the astronauts in the group called Crew-1. NASA has contracted SpaceX to launch astronauts into space from US soil, something that has not been possible since 2011 with the end of space shuttle program. Soon, space "tourists" — civilians who are not professional astronauts — will take their places on Dragon. US astronaut Mike Hopkins believes that space tourists will be able to handle the rough reentry rides.

Source: The Star May 07, 2021 07:02 UTC