Tag: Doug Hurley

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    SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, designed to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, fired into orbit on top of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 215-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 2:49 a.m. EST (0749 GMT) Saturday from pad 39A at the Florida spaceport.…

  • SpaceX crew capsule welcomed aboard space station

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    SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft closes in for docking Sunday at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Closing out a 27-hour pursuit after a predawn launch from Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule glided to an automated docking early Sunday at the International Space Station, accomplishing one of the ship’s key test…

  • SpaceX launches first Crew Dragon ferry ship

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fires away from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with the first space-bound Crew Dragon capsule. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now Opening a new era in American spaceflight, a Falcon 9 rocket streaked into space early Saturday, boosting the company’s first…

  • Astronauts eager to see results of Crew Dragon test flight

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    EDITOR’S NOTE: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully launched March 2, and docked with the International Space Station on March 3. NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, backdropped by astronauts Bob Behnken, Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover (left to right), speaks to reporters Friday ahead of the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s first orbital test flight. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky The astronauts…

  • NASA names cadre of commercial crew astronauts

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The four astronauts assigned to train for NASA’s commercial crew program — from top left, clockwise: Robert Behnken, Eric Boe, Sunita Williams and Douglas Hurley. Credit: NASA/Collectspace.com Four veteran astronauts have been selected to train for launch aboard new commercial crew capsules being built by Boeing and SpaceX…