SPACE STATION, TO GET TO THE
MOON, AND MAYBE TO GO ONTO MARS.
>> THREE, TWO, ONE.
>> Reporter: FROM LIFTOFF IN
LATE MAY --
>> LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON 9.
>> Reporter: -- TO THE PICTURE
PERFECT SPLASHDOWN IN THE GULF
OF MEXICO.
DOUG HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN SAID
IT’S PROOF THAT THE NASA PROGRAM
IS MISSION READY.
>> WE’RE COMFORTABLE SAYING CREW
ONE IS READY.
>> Reporter: BEHNKEN DESCRIBING
THE RAPID DESCENT BACK TO EARTH
ABOARD THE APTLY NAMED CREW
DRAGON.
>> THE DRAGON CAME ALIVE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN ANIMAL COMEING
THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.
>> Reporter: FEELING A JOLT AS
PARACHUTES DEPLOYED.
>> LIKE GETTING HIT IN THE BACK
OF A CHAIR WITH A BASEBALL BAT.
>> Reporter: ONCE IN THE, WATER,
A FLOTILLA OF WATCHERS.
HE SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA.
AND AS CREWS READIED DRAGON FOR
A RETURN TO SOLID GROUND, THE
TWO MEN HAD A LITTLE FUN MAKING
WHAT HURLEY DUBBED PRANK CALLS.
>> THAT PROBABLY WAS A PRETTY
FUNNY TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE
ASTRONAUTS CALLING WHOEVER WE
CAN CALL.
>> Reporter: IT TURNS OUT THOSE
CALLS SERVED A PRACTICAL PURPOSE
TESTING OUT THE CAPABILITY FOR
FUTURE MISSIONS.
AMONG THOSE THEY CALLED, HURLEY
AND BEHNKEN’S WIVES WHO ARE ALSO
ASTRONAUTS.
>> THIS WAS A GREAT CHANCE TO
REASSURE THEM WE WERE IN THE
WATER, WE WERE OKAY.
>> Reporter: IT’LL LIKELY BE
WEEKS BEFORE NASA AND SPACEX
OFFICIALLY CERTIFY THIS MISSION
A SUCCESS, BUT THE SPACE AGENCY
IS ALREADY PLANNING FUTURE
FLIGHTS WITH SPACEX AND THE
EFFORT TO RETURN TO THE MOON ONE
DAY AND MAYBE EVENTUALLY MARS.
>> NOW WE’VE GOT COMMERCIAL CREW
TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND EVENTUALLY WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE FLEET OF
COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS.
>> Reporter: AMONG THOSE SET TO
RIDE IN THE SAME DRAGON SPACE
CAPSULE, BEHNKEN’S WIFE MEGAN
McARTHUR.
>> IT’S TIME FOR HER TO FOCUS ON
HER MISSION.
>> Reporter: THE ASTRONAUTS
SPENT 64 DAYS IN ORBIT.
DURING THEIR TIME ON THE SPACE
STATION, THEY SHARED THE
INCREDIBLE PERSPECTIVE FROM MORE
THAN 200 MILES UP.
THE PAIR HOPING THEIR HISTORIC
FLIGHT INSPIRED AND PROVIDED A
WELCOME DISTRACTION FOR ALL OF
US BACK ON EARTH.
>> WE HOPE IT BRINGS A LITTLE
BIT OF BRIGHTNESS TO 2020.
>> HEAR HEAR TO THAT.
SO HOW ARE THEY ADJUSTING TO
LIFE BACK HERE ON OUR LITTLE
PLANET?
>> Reporter: SO THEY SAY THEY
GOT A -- IT’S GOING TO TAKE A
LITTLE WHILE TO ADJUST.
A LOT OF ASTRONAUTS SAY IT CAN
TAKE WEEKS BEFORE THEY NO LONGER
FEEL LIKE THEY’RE ON A MOVING
SHIP.
THESE GUYS HAD A CRAVING RIGHT
AWAY.
THEY BOTH WANTED PIZZA.
THAT WAS THEIR FIRST MEAL WHEN
THEY GOT BACK TO EARTH.
AND THE BEHNKEN FAMILY SAYS THEY
PLAN TO GET A PUPPY NOW.
DID YOU NOTION THEY HAD A STOW
AWAY ON THE SPACESHIP.
IT WAS A DINOSAUR.
HIS NAME, THEY SAY, IS TREMOR.
NOW, THE BEHNKENS AND HURLEYS
HAVE TWO BOYS ABOUT THE SAME
AGE.
SO THE BOYS HELPED PICK THIS PET
DINOSAUR.
IT WAS KIND OF A MASCOT, IF YOU
WILL.
KIND OF GIVING THEM AN INDICATOR
OF WHETHER THEY WERE IN GRAVITY
OR NO GRAVITY.
NOW THAT THEY’RE BACK DOWN ON
EARTH AND TREMOR HAS GONE FOR
THIS RIDE FOR TWO MONTHS,
THEY’RE GOING TO SHARE HIM.
KIND OF LIKE THE STANLEY CUP.
THE BEHNKENS GET HIM FOR AWHILE,
THEN THE HURLEYS GET HIM FOR
AWHILE.
THEN WE’LL SEE IF IT ENDS UP IN
A MUSEUM.
>> AND THE GUYS ARE BEST FRIENDS
TOO.
DO THEY STILL WANT TO HANG OUT
OR NEED SOME SPACE?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, I GOT TO
TELL YOU --
>> GET IT?
>> Reporter: I LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS COOL.
AS A FATHER OF DAUGHTERS, I
THINK IT’S SUPER COOL THAT THEIR
WIVES ARE ALSO ASTRONAUTS, JUST
AS ACCOMPLISHED, AND THEY’RE ON
THEIR WAY UP EVENTUALLY.
>> I LOVE THAT PHONE CALL.
HONEY, I’M HOME.
PRETTY COOL.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS A MOM JOKE.
>> IT REALLY WAS.
SUPER DORKY.
YOU KNOW WHO WOULD APPRECIATE
IT?
AL.
SOMEWHERE AL WAS SMILING.
RIGHT, AL?
>> I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
VERY IMPRESSED.
YOU SHOWED GREAT MOM JOKE
SKILLS.
I LIKE THAT.
>> I CHANNELLED MY INNER ROKER.