NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are about to strap into SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule.
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are about to strap into SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, making them the first people that Elon Musk's company will attempt to launch into space.Both are military veterans, as Behnken served in the Air Force and Hurley in the Marine Corps.
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are about to strap into SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, making them the first people that Elon Musk's company will attempt to launch into space.represents the first launch of NASA astronauts from the U.S. since the Space Shuttle program ended in 2011. Liftoff for Demo-2 is set for 4:33 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
He's logged 708 hours in space so far, on Space Shuttle missions in 2008 and 2010. Additionally, during those missions Behnken took six spacewalks, totaling over 37 hours in his spacesuit. "We'll do some other housekeeping type things [too], we'll get out of our suits, maybe get something to eat," Behnken said of the planned trip to the International Space Station.NASA astronaut Doug Hurley puts on his SpaceX spacesuit during a rehearsal for the Demo-2 launch.Hurley hails from New York and came up through the Navy and then the Marine Corps, logging over 5,500 hours in more than 25 different aircraft.
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