CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA announced Friday that astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will return from the International Space Station next weekend.
NASA said the duo arrived at the ISS on May 31 following a successful launch on May 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
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“You watched Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley Launch America, now get ready to welcome them home,” NASA’s Kennedy Space Center tweeted.
NASA and SpaceX said they are targeting Aug. 1 at 7:34 p.m. for the undocking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft from the space station and Aug. 2 at 2:42 p.m. for splashdown, which will be the first return of of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft carrying astronauts from the space station.
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You watched @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug #LaunchAmerica, now get ready to welcome them home.
— NASA's Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) July 24, 2020
The @SpaceX Crew Dragon with the duo onboard is targeted to depart the @Space_Station on August 1 and splashdown off the Florida coast less than 24-hours later: https://t.co/VVLL8sRasg pic.twitter.com/2vXCpmXdzS
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