Two American space agency astronauts are making final preparations for the first crewed space flight to launch from American soil since 2011. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley - both former NASA shuttle pilots arrived at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center last week. They had been training at their home base in Houston, Texas. The astronauts are set to launch from Kennedy on a test mission to the International Space Station, or ISS, on Wednesday, May 27. They will fly on a Crew Dragon spacecraft, carried by a Falcon 9 rocket. The American company SpaceX designed and built each. The flight will be the first by a private company to send astronauts into orbit.
Title: NASA Astronauts Make Final Preparations for First Private Space Launch
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Center last week.</span> <span data-start-time='28396' data-end-time='34667'>They had been training at their home base in Houston, Texas.</span> <span data-start-time='34667' data-end-time='48833'>The astronauts are set to launch from Kennedy on a test mission to the International Space Station, or ISS, on Wednesday, May 27.</span> <span data-start-time='48833' data-end-time='57625'>They will fly on a Crew Dragon spacecraft, carried by a Falcon 9 rocket.</span> <span data-start-time='57625' data-end-time='63625'>The American company SpaceX designed and built each.</span> <span data-start-time='63625' data-end-time='71417'>The flight will be the first by a private company to send astronauts into orbit.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' 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