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NASA Names Four Astronauts for First Boeing, SpaceX U.S. Commercial Spaceflights
NASA has selected experienced astronauts Robert Behnken, Eric Boe, Douglas Hurley and Sunita Williams to work closely with The Boeing Company and SpaceX to develop their crew transportation systems and provide crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station. Credits: NASA
NASA today (July 9) named the first four astronauts who will fly on the first U.S. commercial spaceflights in private crew transportation vehicles being built by Boeing and SpaceX, marking a major milestone towards restoring American crew launches to U.S. soil as soon as mid-2017, if all goes well.
The four astronauts chosen are all veterans of flights on NASA’s Space Shuttles and to the International Space Station (ISS); Robert Behnken, Eric Boe, Douglas Hurley and Sunita Williams and now form the core of the NASA’s commercial crew astronaut corps. (…)
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/121271/nasa-names-four-astronauts-for-first-boeing-spacex-u-s-commercial-spaceflights/
