{"id":809,"date":"2020-05-23T10:01:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T10:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/?p=809"},"modified":"2020-05-23T18:11:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T18:11:56","slug":"nasa-spacex-to-launch-first-astronauts-to-space-station-from-u-s-since-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/nasa-spacex-to-launch-first-astronauts-to-space-station-from-u-s-since-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, SpaceX to Launch First Astronauts to Space Station from U.S. Since 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/robert-l-behnken\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Behnken<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/douglas-g-hurley\" target=\"_blank\">Douglas Hurley<\/a><\/strong> will fly on <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX\u2019s Crew Dragon<\/a><\/strong> spacecraft, lifting off on a <strong>Falcon 9 rocket<\/strong> at <strong>4:33 p.m. EDT May 27<\/strong>, from Launch Complex 39A in Florida, for an extended stay at the space station for the Demo-2 mission. The specific duration of the mission is to be determined. Even US President Donald Trump will attend the launch of two astronauts aboard a SpaceX mission, the White House said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/A1F5DDA1-163C-4966-89FE-C2CA1A49925F.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"816\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/A1F5DDA1-163C-4966-89FE-C2CA1A49925F.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/?attachment_id=816\" class=\"wp-image-816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/A1F5DDA1-163C-4966-89FE-C2CA1A49925F.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/A1F5DDA1-163C-4966-89FE-C2CA1A49925F-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Douglas G. Hurley,  in his role as spacecraft commander, Doug Hurley is at the helm for activities such as launch, landing and recovery.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/73756424-4EB0-4759-B6C0-1AB5FAACFAEF.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"817\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/73756424-4EB0-4759-B6C0-1AB5FAACFAEF.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/?attachment_id=817\" class=\"wp-image-817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/73756424-4EB0-4759-B6C0-1AB5FAACFAEF.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/73756424-4EB0-4759-B6C0-1AB5FAACFAEF-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">SpaceX Crew Dragon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"688\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/26BEB5FC-5A92-45F6-B8E9-F539C595A3B8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"815\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/26BEB5FC-5A92-45F6-B8E9-F539C595A3B8.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/?attachment_id=815\" class=\"wp-image-815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/26BEB5FC-5A92-45F6-B8E9-F539C595A3B8.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/26BEB5FC-5A92-45F6-B8E9-F539C595A3B8-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Rober L. Behnken, as the joint operations commander, Bob Behnken is responsible for the rendezvous, docking and undocking of  spacecraft.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Crew! With Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gu4o5KgnAQM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Know the crew \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the final flight test for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SpaceX<\/a><\/strong>, this mission will validate the company\u2019s crew transportation system, including the launch pad, rocket, spacecraft, and operational capabilities. This also will be the first time NASA astronauts will test the spacecraft systems in orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If it works, it will be big success for NASA and especially SpaceX too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/dm2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"293\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ABA3C00B-DE28-4890-8A21-D20922493611_1_102_o.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ABA3C00B-DE28-4890-8A21-D20922493611_1_102_o.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ABA3C00B-DE28-4890-8A21-D20922493611_1_102_o-300x92.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ABA3C00B-DE28-4890-8A21-D20922493611_1_102_o-768x234.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/virtual-guest\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2319.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-843\" width=\"484\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2319.jpg 484w, https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2319-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Watch the joint NASA\/SpaceX launch broadcast live on NASA TV<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX\u2019s Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifting off on a Falcon 9&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/nasa-spacex-to-launch-first-astronauts-to-space-station-from-u-s-since-2011\/\">Weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,48,77,1,49],"tags":[316,202,43,313,317,36,312],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projekte","category-technology","category-termine","category-uncategorized","category-visionen","tag-douglas-hurley","tag-falcon-9","tag-nasa","tag-robert-behnken","tag-space-station","tag-spacex","tag-spacex-crew-dragon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moonbridge.space\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}