These nine American astronauts will make commercial spaceflight history

NASA has revealed the nine astronauts who will man the first commercial spaceflights, as the US prepares to once again begin launching manned missions after retiring the Space Shuttle. The crews will be split between two of the commercial projects NASA is counting on to make space travel more accessible and, vitally, more affordable. One of those is SpaceX, Elon … Continue reading source: https://www.slashgear.com/nasa-commercial-spaceflight-spacex-boeing-us-astronaut-crews-revealed-03540005/ #Headlines by: Chris Davies

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