NASA astronauts expected to return to Earth in SpaceX capsule in August

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will return to Earth in early August, capping the first crewed mission from U.S. soil in nearly a decade.

The two men will return to Earth via a capsule that is scheduled to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 2, a NASA spokesman said on Friday. They launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on May 30 before docking with the International Space Station orbiting 250 miles above Earth.