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U.S. NEWS Monday 3 august 2020
Continued from Front just cherish the day, espe-
More than an hour after cially given all the things
splashdown, the astronauts that have happened this
emerged from their cap- year."
sule on the deck of a re- There was one unexpected
covery ship, both signaling problem: Once the cap-
a thumbs-up as they head- sule was in the water, pri-
ed for medical exams. vate boaters "just made
Their ride home in the cap- a beeline for it," and got
sule dubbed Endeavour too close, said NASA Ad-
was fast, bumpy and hot, ministrator Jim Bridenstine,
at least on the outside. promising to do better next
The spacecraft went from a time at keeping sightseers
screaming orbital speed of far away.
17,500 mph (28,000 kph) to The last time NASA astro-
350 mph (560 kph) during nauts returned from space
atmospheric reentry, and to water was on July 24,
finally to 15 mph (24 kph) at 1975, in the Pacific, the
splashdown. Peak heating scene of most splashdowns,
during descent was 3,500 to end a joint U.S.-Soviet
degrees Fahrenheit (1,900 mission known as Apollo-
degrees Celsius). The antic- Soyuz. The Mercury and
ipated top G forces felt by Gemini crews in the early
the crew: four to five times to mid-1960s parachuted Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken prepare to return to earth on a SpaceX capsule, Sunday
Aug. 2, 2020.
the force of Earth's gravity. into the Atlantic, while most Associated Press
Within a half-hour of splash- of the later Apollo capsules
down, the scorched and hit the Pacific. The lone flight in 2011 and the com- spaceflight where NASA flight next spring. A Houston
blistered 15-foot capsule Russian "splashdown" was mander of this SpaceX gets to be the customer," company run by a former
was on board a SpaceX in 1976 on a partially frozen flight. Bridenstine said from John- NASA official, meanwhile,
recovery ship with a staff lake amid a blizzard follow- President Donald Trump son Space Center in Hous- has partnered with SpaceX
of more than 40, includ- ing an aborted mission; the and Vice President Mike ton shortly before the astro- to send three customers
ing doctors and nurses. To harrowing recovery took Pence, who both watched nauts' splashdown. to the space station in fall
keep the returning astro- hours. the launch in Florida, sent At a press briefing later, 2021.
nauts safe in the pandem- Gemini and Apollo astro- congratulations.. Gwynne Shotwell, presi- Boeing doesn't expect to
ic, the recovery crew quar- naut Thomas Stafford — "Great to have NASA Astro- dent of SpaceX called the launch its first crew until
antined for two weeks and the commander of the last nauts return to Earth after mission a springboard to next year. The company
were tested for the corona- crew to splash down — very successful two month "doing even harder things," encountered significant
virus. watched the reentry on TV mission. Thank you to all!" like collaborating on astro- software problems in the
The opening of the hatch from his Florida home. While Trump tweeted. naut flights to the moon debut of its Starliner cap-
was held up briefly by ex- pleased with the crew's NASA turned to SpaceX and then Mars. sule, with no one aboard,
tra checks for toxic rocket safe return, he wasn't overly and also Boeing to build "It was an enormous relief last year. Its capsules will
fumes outside the capsule. impressed. "It's what we did capsules and ferry as- after months of anxiety touch down in the U.S.
After medical exams, the over 50 years ago," he said. tronauts to and from the making sure we could bring Southwest desert.
astronauts were expected SpaceX made history with space station, following the Bob and Doug back home By beating Boeing, SpaceX
to fly home to Houston for a this mission, which launched retirement of the shuttles. safely," Shotwell said. laid claim to a small U.S.
reunion with their wives and May 30 from NASA's Ken- Until Hurley and Behnken SpaceX needs six weeks to flag left at the space sta-
sons. Musk was also head- nedy Space Center. It was rocketed into orbit, NASA inspect the capsule before tion by Hurley and the rest
ed to Texas to meet with the first time a private com- astronauts relied on Russian launching the next crew of the last shuttle crew.
them from SpaceX's Mission pany launched people rockets. SpaceX already around the end of Sep- Musk tweeted his congrat-
Control in California. into orbit and also the first had experience hauling tember. This next mission of ulations and a flag emoji
Hurley offered final thanks launch of NASA astronauts cargo to the space station, four astronauts will spend followed by "returned."
just before he exited the from home turf in nearly a bringing those capsules a full six months aboard Also on board: a toy dino-
capsule. "Anybody who's decade. Hurley came full back to a Pacific splash- the space station. Hurley saur named Tremor, sent
touched Endeavour, you circle, serving as pilot of down. and Behnken's capsule will into space by the astro-
should take a moment to NASA's last space shuttle "This is the next era in human be refurbished for another nauts' young sons.q
U.S. Marshals put Fyre Festival merchandise up for auction

NEW YORK (AP) — More million in the 2017 Fyre Fes- Farland, with the intent to
than three years after the tival and over $100,000 in sell the items and use the
highly publicized Fyre Fes- a fraudulent ticket-selling funds to commit further
tival famously fizzled out in scheme after his arrest in criminal acts while he was
the Bahamas, merchandise the scam. He was sen- on pre-trial release," U.S.
and other "minor assets" are tenced to six years in prison Marshal Ralph Sozio of the
up for sale — courtesy of in October 2018. Now 28, Southern District of New
the U.S. Marshals Service. he's serving his sentence York said in the release.
In a release Thursday, the at a low-security prison in Among the mementos of
U.S. Marshals announced Ohio, according to the Bu- that festival are sweat-
that 126 items from the fes- reau of Prisons. "This Fyre pants, shirts and tokens em-
tival will be auctioned off, Festival-branded clothing blazoned with "a conspir-
with proceeds going to- and other items that were acy to change the enter-
ward the victims of Billy Mc- seized from Billy McFarland tainment world." The auc-
In this March 6, 2018 file photo, Billy McFarland, the promoter
of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, leaves federal court Farland. were originally intended to tion, run by Texas-based
after pleading guilty to wire fraud charges in New York. McFarland acknowledged be sold at the Fyre Festival Gaston & Sheehan, ends
Associated Press defrauding investors of $26 itself but were kept by Mc- Aug. 13.q