In case you missed it this weekend:
1) Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken splashed down safely yesterday, nineteen hours after Dragon (their SpaceX spacecraft) left the International Space Station. The first splashdown in 45 years is also the first ever NASA commercial mission (meaning that a private company built the spacecraft in partnership with NASA).
Elon Musk's elated reaction (20:09) at their safe return: "Thank God! I'm not very religious, but I prayed for this one." No kidding, so did I.
2) "Perseverance," the new rover, launched last Friday. Next February it will land on Mars to take samples and look for any signs of ancient life. All the data NASA has received indicates that the mission flight is nominal, proceeding as expected.
NASA is focused on the goal to take astronauts to the moon in 2024: "All that we build, all that we study, all that we do, prepares us to go."
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