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宇宙船「クルードラゴン」ISSにドッキング_4名の飛行士は半年間滞在_Space ISS SpaceX Dragon Docking

SpaceX capsule with 4 crew reaches Space Station

日付：2020年11月17日

人物：シャノン・ウォーカー, 野口 聡一, ビクター・グローバー, マイケル・ホプキンス

RM 148323536

NASA, SpaceX launch first crew rotation mission to space

NASA and SpaceX launched Crew Dragon spacecraft's first operational crew mission on Sunday, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month stay. The mission, dubbed "Crew-1," is the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the ISS. The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday (0027 GMT Monday), from historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are aboard the capsule named Resilience. NASA confirmed main engine cutoff and separation of the rocket's first and second stages minutes after the lift-off. The spacecraft is now on its way to the ISS for its first operational mission. Falcon 9's reusable first-stage booster has successfully landed on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock to the space station about 27 hours and 32 minutes after the launch, at around 11 p.m. EST (0400 GMT) Monday, according to NASA. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

日付：2020年11月16日

RM 148517030

スペースX社の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功_船内の様子_US FL SpaceX Crew Launch 2

SpaceX launches crew to International Space Station

日付：2020年11月16日

人物：シャノン・ウォーカー, 野口 聡一, ビクター・グローバー, マイケル・ホプキンス

RM 148345464

将来は宇宙飛行士、スペースXの宇宙船打ち上げの様子を見て喜ぶ女の子＝アメリカ

This is the adorable moment a five-year-old girl who dreams of being an astronaut celebrated the SpaceX launch on Sunday night (November 15). Ryan Serena wore her beloved costume while watching on TV as Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The schoolgirl danced with joy as the four astronauts inside the Dragon Crew Capsule-1 were fired into orbit. Ryan's proud mum, Tammy, from Philadelphia, said: ''Ryan is obsessed with all things space-related and when it comes to space my daughter knows much more than me. I'm so proud of my little human." Footage shows Ryan wearing a spacesuit costume and dancing with joy as she watched the launch of the spacecraft on TV. The clip begins with the little girl standing in front of the screen, eager to see the rocket fly up in the sky. As the spacecraft launches, Ryan jumps and sings as she becomes excited by the launch. She was even holding a piece of paper wishing the four astronauts a safe trip. Single-mum Tammy said that Ryan also dreams of becoming an astronaut when she grows up. On movie night Tammy said her daughter will always choose to watch a Space Station documentary. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station. The mission was earlier delayed for 24 hours due to the weather conditions around the offshore landing zone. The SpaceX Crew Dragon operational flight is carrying three NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and one Japanese space flyer Soichi Noguchi. The launch was attended by Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence. SpaceX was founded in 2002 by controversial entrepreneur Elon Musk to reduce space transportation costs to enable the colonisation of Mars. (Original Title: Schoolgirl, 5, who dreams of being astronaut celebrates SpaceX launch)

日付：2020年11月15日

RM 148345594

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft 5)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148345593

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft 4)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148345592

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft 3)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148345591

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi were on board the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft 2)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148345589

民間初の宇宙船「クルードラゴン」打ち上げ成功

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night, November 15. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi have boarded on the Crew Dragon spacecraft. It was the private company’s second astronaut mission for NASA. (Original Title: US: SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 With 4 Astronauts On Crew Dragon Spacecraft)

日付：2020年11月15日

人物：野口 聡一

RM 148366977

US SpaceX Preview Update

Astronauts prepare for SpaceX’s second crew launch++REPLAY++ LEAD IN: SpaceX is preparing for its second launch of astronauts for NASA after a successful test flight earlier this year. Four astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Sunday (Nov. 8) for SpaceX's second crew launch, scheduled to lift-off on Saturday, (Nov. 14).

日付：2020年11月13日

人物：シャノン・ウォーカー, 野口 聡一, ビクター・グローバー, マイケル・ホプキンス

RM 148366975

HZ US SpaceX Preview

Astronauts prepare for SpaceX’s second crew launch++REPLAY++

日付：2020年11月13日

人物：シャノン・ウォーカー, 野口 聡一, ビクター・グローバー, マイケル・ホプキンス

RM 87704915

【SPACE X】

NASA Astronauts and SpaceX COO talk about 'Crew Dragon'

日付：2018年8月14日

RM 87704914

【SPACE X】

NASA names astronauts for commercial capsule flights

日付：2018年8月4日

RM 106183512

NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space

Date:RECENT, FILE Doug Hurley was one of the last astronauts to blast off into space from U.S. soil, piloting the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011. Aboard the spacecraft on its final flight was a small American flag. When the crew returned to earth, they left the flag for the next U.S.-launched crew to bring back home. Now Hurley, 52, hopes to be the one to retrieve the flag when he leaves the U.S. for space in the debut manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year or in 2020. Competing for that honor, though, is Hurley's former crew mate Chris Ferguson, the final shuttle commander aboard the Atlantis. Ferguson is leading the crew of SpaceX's competitor in NASA's Commercial Crew Program -- Boeing's Starliner rocket and crew vehicle. "I think I would be probably not paying it a service if didn't say it was a little bit personal to me," Hurley told Reuters in a recent interview at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. "Maybe not so much that Chris is going to fly on the Boeing vehicle and we flew together on the last shuttle flight, but it's kind of personal in the sense that the last time we flew from the United States I was on that vehicle and I kind of feel like...as I wind down my career as a NASA astronaut, to kind of leave it with that capability once restored." Since NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, U.S. astronauts have had to fly aboard Russian-launched Soyuz spacecraft on missions to the orbital research laboratory. Hurley and fellow shuttle veteran Bob Behnken, 48, will launch first, with Mike Hopkins, 50, and Victor Glover, 43, following aboard the vehicle's first official operational mission at a later date, possibly with two more crew members from other countries. While a series of design hitches and test accidents may end up pushing back this year's maiden launch to 2020, the astronauts voiced trust in the capabilities and safety of the space vehicles being developed through NASA's new commercial partnerships. They also said the business of space flight was not always neat and clean. "People to a degree think it's pretty glamorous to be able to go into space, but it's actually like a messy camping trip," Hurley said. California-based SpaceX successfully launched an unpiloted Crew Dragon to the space station in March on a test mission known as Demo 1. The capsule safely splashed down in the Atlantic and was recovered several days later. But the following month, on April 20, SpaceX experienced a high-profile setback when the same Crew Dragon blew up during a ground test of the vehicle's emergency abort thrusters, designed to propel the capsule and its crew to safety from atop the rocket in the event of a launch failure. The accident has upset Space X's launch schedule. NASA said it and SpaceX have been "reevaluating target test dates" for the crewed mission - previously scheduled for July. The latest NASA schedule now has the first unmanned flight of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule planned for liftoff in August, ahead of SpaceX's debut crew mission carrying Behnken and Hurley, the agency said. The April accident, which SpaceX and NASA referred to as an "anomaly" in the bland parlance of aerospace engineers, is under investigation, although the astronaut team has been given "remarkable" access to the SpaceX-led inquiry, Behnken said. "In general, the anomaly that happened to us in the past, that's the best kind because we'll figure that one out ... and we'll make sure that that's not going to happen again," Behnken said. Hopkins said: "This is part of the process. It's not surprising that it's happened. We all wish that we haven't had some of these issues, but ... as long as you've got a good process, a good team put together, you can get through them." NASA is paying SpaceX and Boeing nearly $7 billion combined, for each to construct rocket-and-capsule launch systems for ferrying astronauts to the space station. (Caption:3001EV-SPACE-EXPLORATION_SPACEX_ASTRONAUTS)

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RM 106183511

NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space

Date:RECENT, FILE Doug Hurley was one of the last astronauts to blast off into space from U.S. soil, piloting the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011. Aboard the spacecraft on its final flight was a small American flag. When the crew returned to earth, they left the flag for the next U.S.-launched crew to bring back home. Now Hurley, 52, hopes to be the one to retrieve the flag when he leaves the U.S. for space in the debut manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year or in 2020. Competing for that honor, though, is Hurley's former crew mate Chris Ferguson, the final shuttle commander aboard the Atlantis. Ferguson is leading the crew of SpaceX's competitor in NASA's Commercial Crew Program -- Boeing's Starliner rocket and crew vehicle. "I think I would be probably not paying it a service if didn't say it was a little bit personal to me," Hurley told Reuters in a recent interview at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. "Maybe not so much that Chris is going to fly on the Boeing vehicle and we flew together on the last shuttle flight, but it's kind of personal in the sense that the last time we flew from the United States I was on that vehicle and I kind of feel like...as I wind down my career as a NASA astronaut, to kind of leave it with that capability once restored." Since NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, U.S. astronauts have had to fly aboard Russian-launched Soyuz spacecraft on missions to the orbital research laboratory. Hurley and fellow shuttle veteran Bob Behnken, 48, will launch first, with Mike Hopkins, 50, and Victor Glover, 43, following aboard the vehicle's first official operational mission at a later date, possibly with two more crew members from other countries. While a series of design hitches and test accidents may end up pushing back this year's maiden launch to 2020, the astronauts voiced trust in the capabilities and safety of the space vehicles being developed through NASA's new commercial partnerships. They also said the business of space flight was not always neat and clean. "People to a degree think it's pretty glamorous to be able to go into space, but it's actually like a messy camping trip," Hurley said. California-based SpaceX successfully launched an unpiloted Crew Dragon to the space station in March on a test mission known as Demo 1. The capsule safely splashed down in the Atlantic and was recovered several days later. But the following month, on April 20, SpaceX experienced a high-profile setback when the same Crew Dragon blew up during a ground test of the vehicle's emergency abort thrusters, designed to propel the capsule and its crew to safety from atop the rocket in the event of a launch failure. The accident has upset Space X's launch schedule. NASA said it and SpaceX have been "reevaluating target test dates" for the crewed mission - previously scheduled for July. The latest NASA schedule now has the first unmanned flight of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule planned for liftoff in August, ahead of SpaceX's debut crew mission carrying Behnken and Hurley, the agency said. The April accident, which SpaceX and NASA referred to as an "anomaly" in the bland parlance of aerospace engineers, is under investigation, although the astronaut team has been given "remarkable" access to the SpaceX-led inquiry, Behnken said. "In general, the anomaly that happened to us in the past, that's the best kind because we'll figure that one out ... and we'll make sure that that's not going to happen again," Behnken said. Hopkins said: "This is part of the process. It's not surprising that it's happened. We all wish that we haven't had some of these issues, but ... as long as you've got a good process, a good team put together, you can get through them." NASA is paying SpaceX and Boeing nearly $7 billion combined, for each to construct rocket-and-capsule launch systems for ferrying astronauts to the space station. (Caption:3001EV-SPACE-EXPLORATION_SPACEX_ASTRONAUTS)

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RM 106183509

NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space

Date:RECENT, FILE Doug Hurley was one of the last astronauts to blast off into space from U.S. soil, piloting the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011. Aboard the spacecraft on its final flight was a small American flag. When the crew returned to earth, they left the flag for the next U.S.-launched crew to bring back home. Now Hurley, 52, hopes to be the one to retrieve the flag when he leaves the U.S. for space in the debut manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year or in 2020. Competing for that honor, though, is Hurley's former crew mate Chris Ferguson, the final shuttle commander aboard the Atlantis. Ferguson is leading the crew of SpaceX's competitor in NASA's Commercial Crew Program -- Boeing's Starliner rocket and crew vehicle. "I think I would be probably not paying it a service if didn't say it was a little bit personal to me," Hurley told Reuters in a recent interview at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. "Maybe not so much that Chris is going to fly on the Boeing vehicle and we flew together on the last shuttle flight, but it's kind of personal in the sense that the last time we flew from the United States I was on that vehicle and I kind of feel like...as I wind down my career as a NASA astronaut, to kind of leave it with that capability once restored." Since NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, U.S. astronauts have had to fly aboard Russian-launched Soyuz spacecraft on missions to the orbital research laboratory. Hurley and fellow shuttle veteran Bob Behnken, 48, will launch first, with Mike Hopkins, 50, and Victor Glover, 43, following aboard the vehicle's first official operational mission at a later date, possibly with two more crew members from other countries. While a series of design hitches and test accidents may end up pushing back this year's maiden launch to 2020, the astronauts voiced trust in the capabilities and safety of the space vehicles being developed through NASA's new commercial partnerships. They also said the business of space flight was not always neat and clean. "People to a degree think it's pretty glamorous to be able to go into space, but it's actually like a messy camping trip," Hurley said. California-based SpaceX successfully launched an unpiloted Crew Dragon to the space station in March on a test mission known as Demo 1. The capsule safely splashed down in the Atlantic and was recovered several days later. But the following month, on April 20, SpaceX experienced a high-profile setback when the same Crew Dragon blew up during a ground test of the vehicle's emergency abort thrusters, designed to propel the capsule and its crew to safety from atop the rocket in the event of a launch failure. The accident has upset Space X's launch schedule. NASA said it and SpaceX have been "reevaluating target test dates" for the crewed mission - previously scheduled for July. The latest NASA schedule now has the first unmanned flight of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule planned for liftoff in August, ahead of SpaceX's debut crew mission carrying Behnken and Hurley, the agency said. The April accident, which SpaceX and NASA referred to as an "anomaly" in the bland parlance of aerospace engineers, is under investigation, although the astronaut team has been given "remarkable" access to the SpaceX-led inquiry, Behnken said. "In general, the anomaly that happened to us in the past, that's the best kind because we'll figure that one out ... and we'll make sure that that's not going to happen again," Behnken said. Hopkins said: "This is part of the process. It's not surprising that it's happened. We all wish that we haven't had some of these issues, but ... as long as you've got a good process, a good team put together, you can get through them." NASA is paying SpaceX and Boeing nearly $7 billion combined, for each to construct rocket-and-capsule launch systems for ferrying astronauts to the space station. (Caption:3001EV-SPACE-EXPLORATION_SPACEX_ASTRONAUTS)

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RM 106183508

NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space

Date:RECENT, FILE Doug Hurley was one of the last astronauts to blast off into space from U.S. soil, piloting the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011. Aboard the spacecraft on its final flight was a small American flag. When the crew returned to earth, they left the flag for the next U.S.-launched crew to bring back home. Now Hurley, 52, hopes to be the one to retrieve the flag when he leaves the U.S. for space in the debut manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year or in 2020. Competing for that honor, though, is Hurley's former crew mate Chris Ferguson, the final shuttle commander aboard the Atlantis. Ferguson is leading the crew of SpaceX's competitor in NASA's Commercial Crew Program -- Boeing's Starliner rocket and crew vehicle. "I think I would be probably not paying it a service if didn't say it was a little bit personal to me," Hurley told Reuters in a recent interview at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. "Maybe not so much that Chris is going to fly on the Boeing vehicle and we flew together on the last shuttle flight, but it's kind of personal in the sense that the last time we flew from the United States I was on that vehicle and I kind of feel like...as I wind down my career as a NASA astronaut, to kind of leave it with that capability once restored." Since NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, U.S. astronauts have had to fly aboard Russian-launched Soyuz spacecraft on missions to the orbital research laboratory. Hurley and fellow shuttle veteran Bob Behnken, 48, will launch first, with Mike Hopkins, 50, and Victor Glover, 43, following aboard the vehicle's first official operational mission at a later date, possibly with two more crew members from other countries. While a series of design hitches and test accidents may end up pushing back this year's maiden launch to 2020, the astronauts voiced trust in the capabilities and safety of the space vehicles being developed through NASA's new commercial partnerships. They also said the business of space flight was not always neat and clean. "People to a degree think it's pretty glamorous to be able to go into space, but it's actually like a messy camping trip," Hurley said. California-based SpaceX successfully launched an unpiloted Crew Dragon to the space station in March on a test mission known as Demo 1. The capsule safely splashed down in the Atlantic and was recovered several days later. But the following month, on April 20, SpaceX experienced a high-profile setback when the same Crew Dragon blew up during a ground test of the vehicle's emergency abort thrusters, designed to propel the capsule and its crew to safety from atop the rocket in the event of a launch failure. The accident has upset Space X's launch schedule. NASA said it and SpaceX have been "reevaluating target test dates" for the crewed mission - previously scheduled for July. The latest NASA schedule now has the first unmanned flight of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule planned for liftoff in August, ahead of SpaceX's debut crew mission carrying Behnken and Hurley, the agency said. The April accident, which SpaceX and NASA referred to as an "anomaly" in the bland parlance of aerospace engineers, is under investigation, although the astronaut team has been given "remarkable" access to the SpaceX-led inquiry, Behnken said. "In general, the anomaly that happened to us in the past, that's the best kind because we'll figure that one out ... and we'll make sure that that's not going to happen again," Behnken said. Hopkins said: "This is part of the process. It's not surprising that it's happened. We all wish that we haven't had some of these issues, but ... as long as you've got a good process, a good team put together, you can get through them." NASA is paying SpaceX and Boeing nearly $7 billion combined, for each to construct rocket-and-capsule launch systems for ferrying astronauts to the space station. (Caption:3001EV-SPACE-EXPLORATION_SPACEX_ASTRONAUTS)

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RM 106183506

NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space

Date:RECENT, FILE Doug Hurley was one of the last astronauts to blast off into space from U.S. soil, piloting the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011. Aboard the spacecraft on its final flight was a small American flag. When the crew returned to earth, they left the flag for the next U.S.-launched crew to bring back home. Now Hurley, 52, hopes to be the one to retrieve the flag when he leaves the U.S. for space in the debut manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year or in 2020. Competing for that honor, though, is Hurley's former crew mate Chris Ferguson, the final shuttle commander aboard the Atlantis. Ferguson is leading the crew of SpaceX's competitor in NASA's Commercial Crew Program -- Boeing's Starliner rocket and crew vehicle. "I think I would be probably not paying it a service if didn't say it was a little bit personal to me," Hurley told Reuters in a recent interview at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. "Maybe not so much that Chris is going to fly on the Boeing vehicle and we flew together on the last shuttle flight, but it's kind of personal in the sense that the last time we flew from the United States I was on that vehicle and I kind of feel like...as I wind down my career as a NASA astronaut, to kind of leave it with that capability once restored." Since NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, U.S. astronauts have had to fly aboard Russian-launched Soyuz spacecraft on missions to the orbital research laboratory. Hurley and fellow shuttle veteran Bob Behnken, 48, will launch first, with Mike Hopkins, 50, and Victor Glover, 43, following aboard the vehicle's first official operational mission at a later date, possibly with two more crew members from other countries. While a series of design hitches and test accidents may end up pushing back this year's maiden launch to 2020, the astronauts voiced trust in the capabilities and safety of the space vehicles being developed through NASA's new commercial partnerships. They also said the business of space flight was not always neat and clean. "People to a degree think it's pretty glamorous to be able to go into space, but it's actually like a messy camping trip," Hurley said. California-based SpaceX successfully launched an unpiloted Crew Dragon to the space station in March on a test mission known as Demo 1. The capsule safely splashed down in the Atlantic and was recovered several days later. But the following month, on April 20, SpaceX experienced a high-profile setback when the same Crew Dragon blew up during a ground test of the vehicle's emergency abort thrusters, designed to propel the capsule and its crew to safety from atop the rocket in the event of a launch failure. The accident has upset Space X's launch schedule. NASA said it and SpaceX have been "reevaluating target test dates" for the crewed mission - previously scheduled for July. The latest NASA schedule now has the first unmanned flight of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule planned for liftoff in August, ahead of SpaceX's debut crew mission carrying Behnken and Hurley, the agency said. The April accident, which SpaceX and NASA referred to as an "anomaly" in the bland parlance of aerospace engineers, is under investigation, although the astronaut team has been given "remarkable" access to the SpaceX-led inquiry, Behnken said. "In general, the anomaly that happened to us in the past, that's the best kind because we'll figure that one out ... and we'll make sure that that's not going to happen again," Behnken said. Hopkins said: "This is part of the process. It's not surprising that it's happened. We all wish that we haven't had some of these issues, but ... as long as you've got a good process, a good team put together, you can get through them." NASA is paying SpaceX and Boeing nearly $7 billion combined, for each to construct rocket-and-capsule launch systems for ferrying astronauts to the space station. (Caption:3001EV-SPACE-EXPLORATION_SPACEX_ASTRONAUTS)

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RM 106183505

NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space

Date:RECENT, FILE Doug Hurley was one of the last astronauts to blast off into space from U.S. soil, piloting the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011. Aboard the spacecraft on its final flight was a small American flag. When the crew returned to earth, they left the flag for the next U.S.-launched crew to bring back home. Now Hurley, 52, hopes to be the one to retrieve the flag when he leaves the U.S. for space in the debut manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year or in 2020. Competing for that honor, though, is Hurley's former crew mate Chris Ferguson, the final shuttle commander aboard the Atlantis. Ferguson is leading the crew of SpaceX's competitor in NASA's Commercial Crew Program -- Boeing's Starliner rocket and crew vehicle. "I think I would be probably not paying it a service if didn't say it was a little bit personal to me," Hurley told Reuters in a recent interview at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. "Maybe not so much that Chris is going to fly on the Boeing vehicle and we flew together on the last shuttle flight, but it's kind of personal in the sense that the last time we flew from the United States I was on that vehicle and I kind of feel like...as I wind down my career as a NASA astronaut, to kind of leave it with that capability once restored." Since NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, U.S. astronauts have had to fly aboard Russian-launched Soyuz spacecraft on missions to the orbital research laboratory. Hurley and fellow shuttle veteran Bob Behnken, 48, will launch first, with Mike Hopkins, 50, and Victor Glover, 43, following aboard the vehicle's first official operational mission at a later date, possibly with two more crew members from other countries. While a series of design hitches and test accidents may end up pushing back this year's maiden launch to 2020, the astronauts voiced trust in the capabilities and safety of the space vehicles being developed through NASA's new commercial partnerships. They also said the business of space flight was not always neat and clean. "People to a degree think it's pretty glamorous to be able to go into space, but it's actually like a messy camping trip," Hurley said. California-based SpaceX successfully launched an unpiloted Crew Dragon to the space station in March on a test mission known as Demo 1. The capsule safely splashed down in the Atlantic and was recovered several days later. But the following month, on April 20, SpaceX experienced a high-profile setback when the same Crew Dragon blew up during a ground test of the vehicle's emergency abort thrusters, designed to propel the capsule and its crew to safety from atop the rocket in the event of a launch failure. The accident has upset Space X's launch schedule. NASA said it and SpaceX have been "reevaluating target test dates" for the crewed mission - previously scheduled for July. The latest NASA schedule now has the first unmanned flight of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule planned for liftoff in August, ahead of SpaceX's debut crew mission carrying Behnken and Hurley, the agency said. The April accident, which SpaceX and NASA referred to as an "anomaly" in the bland parlance of aerospace engineers, is under investigation, although the astronaut team has been given "remarkable" access to the SpaceX-led inquiry, Behnken said. "In general, the anomaly that happened to us in the past, that's the best kind because we'll figure that one out ... and we'll make sure that that's not going to happen again," Behnken said. Hopkins said: "This is part of the process. It's not surprising that it's happened. We all wish that we haven't had some of these issues, but ... as long as you've got a good process, a good team put together, you can get through them." NASA is paying SpaceX and Boeing nearly $7 billion combined, for each to construct rocket-and-capsule launch systems for ferrying astronauts to the space station. (Caption:3001EV-SPACE-EXPLORATION_SPACEX_ASTRONAUTS)

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NASA's first SpaceX astronauts ready for 'messy camping trip' to space

Date:RECENT, FILE Doug Hurley was one of the last astronauts to blast off into space from U.S. soil, piloting the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 2011. Aboard the spacecraft on its final flight was a small American flag. When the crew returned to earth, they left the flag for the next U.S.-launched crew to bring back home. Now Hurley, 52, hopes to be the one to retrieve the flag when he leaves the U.S. for space in the debut manned flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule later this year or in 2020. Competing for that honor, though, is Hurley's former crew mate Chris Ferguson, the final shuttle commander aboard the Atlantis. Ferguson is leading the crew of SpaceX's competitor in NASA's Commercial Crew Program -- Boeing's Starliner rocket and crew vehicle. "I think I would be probably not paying it a service if didn't say it was a little bit personal to me," Hurley told Reuters in a recent interview at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. "Maybe not so much that Chris is going to fly on the Boeing vehicle and we flew together on the last shuttle flight, but it's kind of personal in the sense that the last time we flew from the United States I was on that vehicle and I kind of feel like...as I wind down my career as a NASA astronaut, to kind of leave it with that capability once restored." Since NASA ended its space shuttle program in 2011, U.S. astronauts have had to fly aboard Russian-launched Soyuz spacecraft on missions to the orbital research laboratory. Hurley and fellow shuttle veteran Bob Behnken, 48, will launch first, with Mike Hopkins, 50, and Victor Glover, 43, following aboard the vehicle's first official operational mission at a later date, possibly with two more crew members from other countries. While a series of design hitches and test accidents may end up pushing back this year's maiden launch to 2020, the astronauts voiced trust in the capabilities and safety of the space vehicles being developed through NASA's new commercial partnerships. They also said the business of space flight was not always neat and clean. "People to a degree think it's pretty glamorous to be able to go into space, but it's actually like a messy camping trip," Hurley said. California-based SpaceX successfully launched an unpiloted Crew Dragon to the space station in March on a test mission known as Demo 1. The capsule safely splashed down in the Atlantic and was recovered several days later. But the following month, on April 20, SpaceX experienced a high-profile setback when the same Crew Dragon blew up during a ground test of the vehicle's emergency abort thrusters, designed to propel the capsule and its crew to safety from atop the rocket in the event of a launch failure. The accident has upset Space X's launch schedule. NASA said it and SpaceX have been "reevaluating target test dates" for the crewed mission - previously scheduled for July. The latest NASA schedule now has the first unmanned flight of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule planned for liftoff in August, ahead of SpaceX's debut crew mission carrying Behnken and Hurley, the agency said. The April accident, which SpaceX and NASA referred to as an "anomaly" in the bland parlance of aerospace engineers, is under investigation, although the astronaut team has been given "remarkable" access to the SpaceX-led inquiry, Behnken said. "In general, the anomaly that happened to us in the past, that's the best kind because we'll figure that one out ... and we'll make sure that that's not going to happen again," Behnken said. Hopkins said: "This is part of the process. It's not surprising that it's happened. We all wish that we haven't had some of these issues, but ... as long as you've got a good process, a good team put together, you can get through them." NASA is paying SpaceX and Boeing nearly $7 billion combined, for each to construct rocket-and-capsule launch systems for ferrying astronauts to the space station. (Caption:3001EV-SPACE-EXPLORATION_SPACEX_ASTRONAUTS)

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