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NASA Astronauts Behnken, Hurley Will Take America Back to Space from US Soil

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   The scheduled launch Wednesday of NASA astronauts into orbit from the
   Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be the first from U.S. soil with
   humans aboard a U.S.-made spacecraft in about a decade, and the first
   ever for a private company.

   President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are scheduled to
   attend the launch. If the launch is scrubbed because of weather,
   they'll try again Saturday.
   A SpaceX rocket will carry a Dragon capsule with astronauts Doug Hurley
   and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station. Here's a look at
   the pair of astronauts who will be carrying out the mission.
   [1]Colonel Robert Behnken
   Robert Behnken, 49, has been a NASA astronaut since 2000 and has
   previously been on two space shuttle flights.

References

   1. https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/robert-l-behnken/biography

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