The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft was sealed for return to Earth on Saturday with two American astronauts on board, NASA said, moving forward with its return from the International Space Station despite a storm threatening Florida.
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, the first American astronauts to reach the ISS on an American spacecraft in nearly a decade, will close two months aboard the lab in orbit, with their capsule set to undock at around 2334 GMT.
"The @SpaceX Crew Dragon front hatch has been sealed for departure," the US space agency wrote on Twitter, adding that the astronauts were due to depart at approximately 2334 GMT.
The couple took off from Cape Canaveral on May 30 and are due to drop off on Sunday.
Its proposed splash sites are on the west side of Florida, while Tropical Storm Isaias' path directs it near the state's east coast.
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