Elon Musk’s spacecraft roared like “an animal.” But astronauts say the SpaceX Dragon flew flawlessly.

Elon Musk’s spacecraft roared like “an animal.” But astronauts say the SpaceX Dragon flew flawlessly.

Dragon roared on the way down.As it plunged into the atmosphere Sunday on its way back to Earth from the International Space Station, the spacecraft “really came alive,” NASA astronaut Bob Behnken said. “It doesn't sound like a machine; it sounds like an animal.”Support our journalism. Subscribe today.arrow-rightThe thrusters were firing. Heat was building up outside the capsule, eventually rising to 3,500 degrees, engulfing the spacecraft in flames that quickly charred the once pearly white exterior, and clouded the windows.But inside the capsule, Behnken and his fellow astronaut Doug Hurley were calm and comfortable, during what was a “flawless” mission, they said Tuesday during their first press conference since they completed their test flight.“The atmosphere starts to make noise you can you can hear that rumble outside the vehicle and