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NASA Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley Set to Return to Earth on Sunday, August 2

By  //  July 19, 2020

Port-based vessels from SpaceX's fleet will take part in recovery operations

NASA hopes to return astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on Sunday, August 2, with splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean around 3 p.m. (NASA image)
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BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – NASA hopes to return astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to Earth onboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on Sunday, August 2, with splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean around 3 p.m.

Port-based vessels from SpaceX’s fleet will take part in recovery operations.

The first crewed spacecraft to launch from U.S. soil since 2011 is set to undock from the International Space Station on Saturday, Aug. 1.

The Demo-2 test-flight mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on May 30.

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