US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on August 2, 2020, aboard SpaceX’s new SpaceX Crew Dragon “Endeavour”, at the end of their two-month mission to the International Space Station. Spectators in private boats surrounded the splashdown site dozens of kilometres from shore as recovery teams from SpaceX and Nasa used a crane to hoist the spacecraft out of the water and onto a boat. SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, is the first private company to…