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The story of an historic space mission told in photographs

NASA has posted a high-res video showing the Crew Capsule returning home

The historic first test flight of SpaceX’s new capsule is now complete

Here’s what’s in store for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule following its splashdown

The pair offered smiles and a thumbs-up from inside the capsule

It should splash down in the Gulf of Mexico this afternoon

Back at the end of May, SpaceX became the first private company to launch NASA astronauts into space. Now, astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are ready to come home.…

The capsule with two astronauts aboard will head back to Earth on August 1

It will be NASA’s first crewed splashdown since 1975

NASA wants to be sure the capsule can handle more than two astronauts at a time