Under NASA's Commercial Crew Program, SpaceX beat Boeing to be the first contender to fly astronauts to the station. And they won't head to the launch pad in the famous silver astronaut transfer van, or "Astrovan.". I know what he's going through. That lets us predict how to best support each other as we work through pulling off our next space flight.". NASA previously selected astronaut Victor Glover as pilot and astronaut Michael Hopkins as Dragon commander. "That’s one of the things that is unique in our relationships: We have spouses that have the same job. File: Sept. 2016, SpaceX's next launch will officially have astronauts on board, Annie Glenn, widow of former astronaut John Glenn, dies at 100 of complications from COVID-19, NASA has urged people to stay and watch the launch from home, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. And yes, McArthur and Nyberg will know the dangers that come along with human spaceflight, too. In addition to the spacewalks, Mr Hurley and Mr Behnken helped conduct various scientific experiments astronauts are expected to perform whilst working on the ISS. And same thing for us. The Dragon spacecraft is a capsule, more like the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules from the '60s and '70s. Previously, Emilee was a space writer and web editor for the Orlando Sentinel and a producer at the Naples Daily News. They are not the only astronaut couples. Once Behnken and Hurley arrive at the space station, which is scheduled to occur within 24 hours after liftoff, they will be greeted by NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, who flew to the space station last month and is currently the only American on board. Express. The pilot for the Crew-2 mission will be the wife of Mr Behnken – astronaut Megan McArthur. This will be his third spacecraft. Behnken’s last flight was in 2010 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. This mission, dubbed Demonstration Mission 2 or Demo-2, is a historic milestone aimed at proving SpaceX can send humans safely to space. "The difference is that you've got to be very deliberate when you're putting an input with a touchscreen relative to what you would do with a stick because when you're flying an airplane, for example, by pushing (the stick) forward, it's going to go down, (but now) I actually have to make a concerted effort to do that with a touchscreen.". But you don’t have to look far to see excitement is building among those who know them best. The prospect of putting Dragon through its paces as its first occupants is, in some ways, an astronaut’s dream. He previously flew on space shuttle Discovery in 2008 and on the Russian Soyuz in 2012. A few pointers to master SpaceX’s docking simulator | How Crew Dragon compares to flying on space shuttle from the first NASA astronauts to do both]. Update: SpaceX scrubs launch due to weather. Mr Hurley also assisted by controlling a robotic arm from inside the station. In some sense, he picked my spouse for me; he picked my friends for me," Behnken told The Atlantic in 2019. This will be known as Crew-2, the second operational mission to the ISS for the SpaceX astronaut spacecraft. "I guess I would also say that the last five years for Bob and I working on commercial crew and then the last two specifically with SpaceX, it's been a long road to get here and I don't think either one of us would have predicted that when we were ready to go fly this mission that we would be dealing with this as well.". "It makes it easier to get along (with other astronauts) because you come from similar backgrounds ... and when you arrive as a brand new astronaut, you know a little bit about the astronauts who are already there," former space shuttle astronaut Winston Scott told FLORIDA TODAY. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, "I think we have a different perspective of the importance of coming to Florida, launching again on an American rocket from the Florida coast and generations of people who maybe didn't get a chance to see a space shuttle launch, getting a chance again to see human spaceflight in our own backyard is pretty exciting to be a part of," he said. They will know the excitement running through Behnken's and Hurley's veins as they become the first astronauts to fly to space from U.S. soil since the shuttle program ended in 2011 and the first to command an entirely new spacecraft since the debut of the shuttle in 1981. More: SpaceX's next launch will officially have astronauts on board, More: Annie Glenn, widow of former astronaut John Glenn, dies at 100 of complications from COVID-19. Stay tuned for more updates... and wait, how do you install the "launch" app on these giant tablet-screens? It’s not every day that you get to see your husband fly to space. Mr Hurley and Mr Behnken’s mission to the International Space Station was initially meant to last just two weeks. His wife, K. Megan McArthur is an oceanographer. What you need to know about the NASA astronauts flying on SpaceX's Demo-2 mission, FLORIDA TODAY's Antonia Jaramillo brings you up to speed on NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, NASA Astronaut at a glance: Robert Behnken, A short autobiographical summary of NASA astronaut Robert Behnken who is scheduled to fly on a SpaceX Dragon capsule on May 27th. "When we launched on our first flight, it was kind of repeated to fly from the Florida coast, that was the normal thing, that's what we grew up with.".
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