The SpaceX Crew Dragon's first test mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has come to a successful conclusion with a trouble-free, on-schedule splashdown at 8:45 a.m. EST on Friday. The mission netted the Crew Dragon several "firsts" for a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, including becoming the first to launch from American soil on a mission to the ISS, first to dock at the ISS and the first to dock autonomously. The Crew Dragon was retrieved shortly after splashdown approximately 230 miles off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, by SpaceX's recovery ship, Go Searcher.
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