Shuttle Veteran Leads First Human Space Mission Launched From U.S. Since 2011

NASA astronaut Douglas Hurley rehearses putting on his SpaceX spacesuit at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building Kennedy Space Center in Florida, last week.

When Doug Hurley launched aboard Atlantis on July 8, 2011, the future of human spaceflight from U.S. soil was uncertain. Nearly a decade later, the astronaut is piloting SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon.

(Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett/NASA/Kim Shiflett)




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Source: NPR Space News