That would see Crew-1 launch in about mid-September. The first vessel is designed to pull the Crew Dragon out of the water, while a crew of more than 40 people on board will help the astronauts out of the capsule. But ultimately, undocking can be called off right at the last minute. “From the laws of physics standpoint, we’re only halfway done,” Garrett Reisman, a former NASA astronaut and SpaceX consultant who used to work on the Crew Dragon, tells SpaceX has brought multiple spacecraft back from space before, but all of those vehicles were cargo versions of the Crew Dragon, which are different in shape and overall function. The capsule, with astronauts Behnken and Hurley aboard, will splashdown in … NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are slated to return to Earth inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, departing on August 1st and splashing down in … NASA has announced that the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth on August 2nd. But if that’s not necessary, the boat will take everyone to shore.A successful landing should help pave the way for SpaceX to start doing routine missions to the ISS. And SpaceX says it won’t take long to turn them around. However, SpaceX has the option to land on the western coast of Florida if necessary, and NASA and SpaceX will continue to evaluate if they need to move the undocking. Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. We want to hear from you.Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inboxGet this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services. The spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 2. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft (right) docked to the space station as seen during a recent spacewalk. To learn more or opt-out, read our Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are scheduled to splash down Sunday afternoonThis weekend, two NASA astronauts are slated to return home to Earth inside SpaceX’s new passenger capsule, the Crew Dragon. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule has been docked at the International Space Station (ISS) since its historic first crewed launch in May, but it’s getting ready to make its return trip. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine also confirmed those dates.Splashdown and recovery would mark the conclusion of As Demo-2 was considered a test flight, the spacecraft carried only two astronauts on board. “And it’s very important, as part of that sacred honor that we have, for ensuring that we bring Bob and Doug back home to their families, to their kids, and making sure that they’re safe.”This landing is the last big test for SpaceX as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, an initiative aimed at developing private spacecraft to ferry astronauts to and from low Earth orbit. newsletter Sign up for the ET, according to NASA's Johnson Space Center public affairs officer Kyle Herring.Herring noted that the departure time from the International Space Station "is a bit of a moving target," but said in an email that the spacecraft is scheduled to un-dock at about 8 p.m. NASA intends to thoroughly review the data from the Demo-2 mission before it moves forward with Crew-1, a process it expects will take about six weeks. NASA will look more closely at the weather forecasts for where the spacecraft might splash down after the astronauts perform a spacewalk next week. Just after SpaceX launched this Crew Dragon, NASA approved the company to reuse the capsules on future flights. And then in spring of 2021, the Crew Dragon is scheduled for another flight with a crew of four. SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2: How to watch NASA astronauts return to Earth. The company had to do an uncrewed test flight of the Crew Dragon — sending it to the station and then back home again — as part of a mission called Demo-1. For nine years, NASA relied on Russian rockets to get astronauts to the ISS — but now the agency can use SpaceX’s vehicles instead.While the launch received lots of fanfare, getting the astronauts home is an equally critical part of this mission. NASA doesn’t want the astronauts landing in choppy water after pulling extra G forces on the way down to Earth.