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Earth calling: SpaceX capsule carrying NASA crew to land August 2 – Aljazeera.com

The splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean will cap NASA’s first crewed mission launched from US soil in nearly 10 years.

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The NASA astronauts who travelled to the International Space Station in SpaceX’s first crewed flight in May are expected to return to Earth on August 2 after spending two months in orbit, a NASA spokesman said on Friday.
US astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will gear up for the final benchmark test of SpaceX’s so-called Demo-2 mission: A coordinated splashdown somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean that will cap NASA’s first crewed mission from US soil in nearly 10 years.
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