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SpaceX: Crew Dragon is returning to Earth – here’s when to hold your breath – The Conversation UK
Extreme velocities and temperatures makes the return flight to Earth the most perilous part of a space mission.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft, produced by private company SpaceX, is scheduled to return from the International Space Station (ISS) and splash down in the Atlantic ocean on August 2. Contingent on a favourable weather forecast and a successful final week at the ISS, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will begin the undocking procedure on August 1, and re-enter Earths atmosphere the next day a total of 64 days since lift off.
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