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Astronauts Come Back to Earth on August 2nd, Completing the Full Crew Dragon Test – Universe Today

On Sunday, August 2nd, astronauts Bog and Doug will return from the ISS, thus completing NASA’s first crewed mission from US soil in almost a decade.

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On May 30th, SpaceX and NASA made history when a Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying two astronauts (Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley) launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket and rendezvoused with the International Space Station (ISS). With this one flight, NASA and SpaceX demonstrated that the US once again has domestic launch capability, something they have not enjoyed since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011.
In one week, Sunday, August 2nd, Robert and Douglas will be returning to Earth using …

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