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

Published July 17, 2020 7:54pm ET



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.

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