SpaceX is landing 2 NASA astronauts off the Florida coast even though Hurricane Isaias threatened several Florida splashdown locations
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- SpaceX is about to return its first crewed space mission, called Demo-2, and land it on Sunday afternoon.
- Hurricane Isaias complicated original plans to return two NASA astronauts to Earth aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Elon Musk's aerospace company will now try to splash down NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Two out of seven total landing sites near Florida must have good weather conditions.
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Update: SpaceX has successfully landed NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley back on Earth. For the latest, visit our live coverage page with streaming video commentary from NASA TV.
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are about to return to Earth and wrap up an historic space mission for both NASA and SpaceX. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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