1.New Horizons' trailblazing journey to the solar system's outermost frontier took it past the orbit of Mars today at 6 a.m. EDT , 78 days after the spacecraft launched.
2.Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken landed gently in the Endeavour capsule off Pensacola, Fla., at 2: 48 p.m. EDT, assisted by two sets of parachutes that slowed the descent.
3.Behnken emerged from the capsule at 4: 08 p.m. EDT, and was taken by stretcher -- a routine procedure -- to the ship's medical quarters for a checkup by the NASA medical team.