Live: Watch NASA astronauts splash down near Florida in a SpaceX Crew Dragon

Emre Kelly Florida TodayPublished 12:47 PM EDT Aug 2, 2020After a roughly two-month stay on the International

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After a roughly two-month stay on the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are on their way home in a history-making SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

Sunday afternoon, the spacecraft will conduct several maneuvers and burns to position them for a fiery Earth re-entry and eventual 2:48 p.m. splashdown off the coast of Pensacola. From there, SpaceX and Air Force teams will rush to secure Behnken and Hurley, then transport them to an airport for a flight to Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Here's the full Sunday timeline (all times Eastern):

  • 1:51 p.m.: Crew Dragon "trunk" separation
  • 1:56 p.m.: Deorbit burn
  • 2:36 p.m.: Entry process begins; expected loss of signal
  • 2:42 p.m.: Re-acquisition of signal
  • 2:45 p.m.: Main parachutes deploy
  • 2:48 p.m.: Splashdown off the coast of Pensacola

This mission, known as Demo-2, marked the first time in nearly a decade that NASA astronauts launched from U.S. soil to the ISS.

See live video above and Twitter updates below:

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