SpaceX Crew Dragon hatch sealed, ready to depart ISS: NASA | AFP

Images show the crew on board the International Space Station closing the forward hatch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft ahead of its return to Earth. US astronauts Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken blasted off from Cape Canaveral on May 30 on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon, and are supposed to splash down off the coast of Florida on Sunday.

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