{"id":1512,"date":"2020-07-17T08:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2020-07-20T08:26:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T08:26:32","slug":"nasa-astronauts-set-to-return-to-earth-on-august-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.interplextransportation.com\/blog\/nasa-astronauts-set-to-return-to-earth-on-august-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronauts Set to Return to Earth on August 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NASA astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are coming home soon. SpaceX\u2019s Crew Dragon is returning to Earth in two weeks. The spacecraft, which NASA astronauts named Endeavour, is set to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean on August 2 at about 3 p.m. ET, said\u00a0officer Kyle Herring, NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center public affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean and recovery\nwould mark the end of NASA and SpaceX\u2019s mission, which launched\nsuccessfully on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on May 30. The mission is the\nfirst Space X\u2019s crewed test flight, called Demonstration Mission 2, or DM-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The departure time from the International Space Station \u201cis a bit of a moving target,\u201d noted from NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center, although the spacecraft is set to un-dock at about 8 p.m. ET on August 1. NASA will look closely at the weather forecasts for where the spacecraft might splashdown after the astronauts perform the spacewalk next week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Demonstration 2 was\nconsidered a test flight, SpaceX\u2019s\nCrew Dragon carried only two astronauts on board. For Crew-1, which is considered\nto be the first operational SpaceX mission, the Crew Dragon spacecraft will\ncarry four people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data from the Demo-2 mission will be thoroughly reviewed before NASA moves forward with Crew-1, a process that is expected to take about six weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, the Falcon 9 rocket that is set launch Crew-1 arrived at SpaceX\u2019s processing facility at Kennedy Space Center<\/a>, to undergo final preparations for the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to CNBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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