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    Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken became the first astronauts to launch from US soil to the International Space Station in nine years, traveling aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Nasa had previously relied on Russian Soyuz rockets to send astronauts to the ISS at a high cost. The successful launch demonstrated the viability of commercially developed American spacecraft under Nasa's Commercial Crew Program to end US reliance on Russia.

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    Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken became the first astronauts to launch from US soil to the International Space Station in nine years, traveling aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Nasa had previously relied on Russian Soyuz rockets to send astronauts to the ISS at a high cost. The successful launch demonstrated the viability of commercially developed American spacecraft under Nasa's Commercial Crew Program to end US reliance on Russia.

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    Nasa SpaceX launch: Who are the

    astronauts?
    By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website

    Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have broken a nine-year hiatus for Nasa, becoming the first
    astronauts to launch from US soil since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011.

    In the intervening years, Nasa bought seats for its astronauts - at a cost of tens of millions
    of dollars per flight - on the Russian Soyuz.

    But officials have also worked with Elon Musk's company SpaceX and aerospace giant
    Boeing to develop new, American spacecraft capable of ferrying humans to and from the
    ISS - under the space agency's Commercial Crew Program.

    Musk's vehicle was first to fly; Hurley and Behnken travelled to the ISS in the sleek Crew
    Dragon spacecraft.

    "It's well past time to be launching an American rocket from the Florida coast to the
    International Space Station and I am certainly honoured to be a part of it," Hurley, 53, said
    at the beginning of May, before the flight.

    Behnken, 49, added: "On my first flight... I didn't have a son, so I'm really excited to share
    the mission with him."

    Nasa chose two of its most experienced astronauts to help California-based SpaceX ready
    the Crew Dragon for launch. The two are also longstanding friends.

    "Being lucky enough to fly with your best friend... I think there's a lot of people who wish
    they could do that," says Hurley.

    When they launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket, their spouses knew exactly what they were
    going through. That's because they're astronauts too.

    Marine Colonel Hurley's wife Karen Nyberg flew into space twice - aboard the shuttle and
    the Soyuz - retiring from Nasa this year. They have a 10-year-old son, Jack, whose
    formative years were shaped by space travel.

    Nyberg began training for a six-month space station mission just a few months after Jack's
    birth. In the meantime, Hurley was preparing for his own flight - piloting the last ever
    shuttle mission. Sometimes, Nyberg took Jack to Russia, at other times he stayed at home
    in Texas.
    - What is the text mainly about? Make a brief summary.

    The previous news speaks about SpaceX and Nasa’s Astronauts, who traveled to ISS from
    US’ Territory, because NASA used to send their astronauts from Russian Soyuzk. The rest
    of the new only talked about their family and career.

    What is your opinion regarding the text?

    I didn’t know much about this launcher, but now that I read it doesn't seem lot important to
    me because ever was exists launch from Russian’ Territory, the difference is that SpaceX
    could going to send commercial’s Space Travels in the future, but could be a long time for
    this.

    Pick 2 sentences from the piece of news that called your attention

    Nasa bought seats for its astronauts - at a cost of tens of millions of dollars per flight - on
    the Russian Soyuz.

    their spouses knew exactly what they were going through. That's because they're astronauts
    too.

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