Published 20:14 IST, May 21st 2020

Meet Bob Behnken & Dough Hurley; the first NASA Astronauts SpaceX will launch to orbit

Meet Bob Behnken & Dough Hurley, who are set to create history as they will become the first NASA astronauts, SpaceX will launch to orbit.

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Nasa Astronauts Bob Behnken and Dough Hurley are about to embark on inaugural flight of X’s Crew Dragon craft. It is reportedly going to be biggest event of dece. However, it might t be as everyone h imagined it to be. Re on to kw more about two astronauts and ir experience in training.

For years, two astronauts h anticipated moment, pictured thousands of people on Florida beach who would have come to watch m ascend into sky. Speaking to an American techlogy news website, Dough Hurley said that y would always get asked about when event would take place and wher y would get invited. Friends and family members of two astronauts would ask m se question before pandemic, Hurley ded.

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Nasa has urged people to watch launch from ir homes

pandemic would certainly change picture of how things would look like before launch of shuttle. NASA has urged people to watch launch from ir homes. As disappointed as astronauts are about it, y too want same for safety of people. Hurley and Behnken have been longtime colleagues and friends. y are set to make history toger. On May 27th, duo will board Crew Dragon.

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  • Hurley and Behnken will be first passengers that X will ever launch into .

  • two are also first two people to launch to orbit from US since end of Shuttle program in year 2011.

  • It has also been reported by media portals that in last dece, all of NASA’s astronauts have h to fly on Russian rockets out of Kazakhstan. However, due to partnership with NASA, X is rey to launch astronauts from ir ncy from lands of Florida. This will be done on CREW DRAGON.

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  • Reportedly, Behnken and Hurley have touched down on coast of Cape Canaveral in Florida today.

  • It has been reported that mission was assigned to duo in 2018 by NASA.

  • Reportedly, two have flown on Shuttle twice before this. Moreover, two have also spent around 1,400 hours in .

  • In an interview with a leing media portal, Behnken said that training for a vehicle is similar to training for an aeroplane or a car. He was quick to d that obviously, driving a car is much easy than a ship. He furr ded that it is similar in sense that one has to learn systems, machine and all of that.

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20:14 IST, May 21st 2020