On Wednesday, May 27, weather permitting, Behnken and Hurley are to be sitting on top of a SpaceX rocket headed to orbit. It was the first launch of NASA astronauts from the US since the retirement of the space shuttles in 2011. In the years since, NASA has paid Russia’s space program to transport its astronauts to the space station. Taking inspiration from the successful cargo program, NASA sought proposals from companies to start transporting people as well. It will certainly save taxpayers the expense of paying Russia to take NASA astronauts to space.

Source: bd News24 May 31, 2020 00:00 UTC