SpaceX's new 'Endeavour' spaceship is poised to make history after undocking from the International Space Station with 2 NASA astronauts aboard

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• SpaceX has entered the final stage of its historic first flight of people: NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are on their way home.
• Behnken and Hurley boarded the company's new Crew Dragon spaceship on Saturday, undocked from the International Space Station, and flew away.
• The crew is now targeting a landing of their ship, which they named "Endeavour," in the Gulf of Mexico on around 2:41 p.m. ET on Sunday. 
• Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has described the landing phase as his "biggest concern" for the mission.
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Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are on their way home.

The two NASA astronauts departed the International Space Station on Saturday evening, beginning a roughly day-long voyage back to their families on Earth.

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