Bob Behnken: 5 Things To Know About Astronaut Flying In Historic SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch
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hollywoodlife.comFor space aficionados, May 27, 2020, will be an epic day. It will mark the first time the United States has launched its own astronauts into space since the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.
It will also be the first time a private company — SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk — sends a crewed spacecraft into Earth’s orbit.
The honor of this first US-based launch in nearly a decade goes to Douglas Hurley, 35, and Robert Behnken, 49.
They are the two NASA astronauts who have been trained to pilot the Crew Dragon capsule, being propelled by the Falcon 9 rocket, to the International Space Station.
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