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Three, two, one, zero, ignition. Liftoff of\h
the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon. Go NASA. Go SpaceX.\h\h

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Godspeed Bob and Doug.

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NASA and SpaceX\h
set out to prove that the Crew Dragon\h\h

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spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket could safely fly\h
astronauts to the International Space Station.\h\h

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NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken became\h
the first people to fly a commercial spacecraft\h\h

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into orbit. NASA has not done a flight test\h
program for a spaceship since the Space Shuttle,\h\h

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so you're talking late 70s early 80s the\h
last time we kind of did this as an agency.\h\h

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The Space Shuttle was the last craft certified\h
to fly NASA astronauts from American soil\h\h

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until now. Behnken and Hurley splashed down safely\h
in the Gulf of Mexico on August 2nd, 2020. I think\h\h

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this is a first step for us to be able to tell our\h
children and our grandchildren that not just a few\h\h

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of us get to go to space. Extensive analysis\h
of the Demo-2 test flight followed. It was the\h\h

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culmination of years of design, development and\h
testing. From hardware manufacturing and running\h\h

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simulations, to transforming Launch Complex 39A\h
and testing parachutes. From firing up engines,\h\h

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to practicing emergency escapes from the launch\h
tower from the pad and during ascent. NASA spent\h\h

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thousands of hours dissecting these tests working\h
hand-in-hand with SpaceX to deliver on America's\h\h

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investment. For all the folks that are following\h
along throughout the world and throughout\h\h

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America, I really would like them to recognize\h
that there's a huge team that makes this possible.\h\h

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In November 2020, for the first time in history,\h
NASA certified a commercial spacecraft to carry\h\h

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astronauts to space in regular flights to the\h
Space Station. We are entering a new era of human\h\h

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space flight where NASA is no longer the purchaser\h
owner and operator of all the hardware. We\h\h

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are going to be a customer, one customer of many\h
customers in a very robust commercial marketplace.\h\h

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Though certification is complete, the team\h
remains vigilant to ensure safety for the\h\h