Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 159, Welcome Home, Bob and Doug.

I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts,

scientists, engineers, astronauts all to let you know what's going on in the world of

human spaceflight. Bob Bankin and Doug Hurley have returned to planet Earth.

After 64 days in orbit,

Bacon and Hurley splash down in the Gulf of Mexico

off the coast of Pensacola, Florida,

on the afternoon of August 2nd, 2020,

concluding the Demo2 mission and making history as the first human

landing in a commercially built and operated spacecraft.

Their mission was to test the capabilities of the new commercial space vehicle, the SpaceX

crew dragon, for regular transportation of crew to the International Space Station.

But they contributed a whole lot more than that on their mission. During their 62 days,

aboard the station they dedicated more than 100 hours to scientific investigation,

working on experiments like droplet formation, electrolysis measurement, and Earth observation.

Banken performed four spacewalks with station commander Chris Cassidy to upgrade the station's power system,

among a number of other items like routing cables and installing robotic

storage equipment and is now a record holder for the number of spacewalks and among the top

for total hours spacewalking.

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