CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s first astronauts to launch from U.S. soil since 2011 will return in their SpaceX spacecraft as soon as Aug.
2, the space agency confirms.Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken made history on May 30 when SpaceX launched the pair from Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon 9 rocket in the new Crew Dragon spacecraft.They were the first to hitch a ride to the International Space Station on Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon.
The launch marked the return of American astronauts launching from Florida’s coast for the first time in nearly nine years.Behnken and Hurley arrived at the ISS about 19 hours after launch and have been hard at work on the station now for about seven weeks.Before he departs, Behnken is set to complete his.