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Channel: Marines
Date: 2020-08-04

After a historic two-month mission to the International Space Station, retired Marine Corps Col. Douglas Hurley and Robert Benkhen splashed down Aug. 2 aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour.

Before joining NASA, Col. Hurley was a Marine Corps fighter and test pilot.

This Launch America mission marks the return of human spaceflight from U.S. soil for the first time since 2011.

(Video courtesy of NASA)