Meet the NASA astronauts who will fly on historic SpaceX mission

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are set to make history later this month as the first crew to fly in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. They'll be the first humans sent to space from US soil since the Shuttle program ended almost a decade ago.

New York NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will make history later this month: On their next mission, slated to take off May 27, they will be the first crew to fly in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule.

The flight has been years in the making, and it will mark several other firsts: The first time astronauts have flown to the International Space Station from US soil since NASA retired the Space Shuttle Program in 2011; the first-ever crewed mission for SpaceX in its 18-year history; and the first time since 1981 that NASA astronauts will ride aboard a newly-designed spacecraft.

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