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Human spaceflight. Two words that when combined,\h
captivate our imagination, and inspire us to

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explore worlds outside of our home planet. 
We keep pushing the boundaries of what’s

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possible because we’re evolving, we’re growing,\h
we’re learning. We as a human race have always

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done that, and we should continue to do that.
For more than a decade, NASA’s groundbreaking

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Commercial Crew Program has led the way toward\h
a new era in human spaceflight, impacting the

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agency and industry in tremendous ways.
Thank you so much for what you’ve done

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for us today putting America back into lower\h
Earth orbit upward from the Florida coast.

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First by partnering with innovative commercial\h
partners to return a human launch capability

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to the United States and reestablish\h
the nation as a leader in exploration.

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We definitely really appreciate the hard work\h
that y’all had to go through to ensure that the

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contractors could understand NASA and what\h
we needed to have human spaceflight be safe

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in the way that we wanted to operate it.
Then building on that developmental success

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with reliable transportation services\h
to the International Space Station that

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strengthened our international partnerships.
Four new members, bringing the total Expedition\h64\h

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crew to a total of seven.
Enabling more science on orbit.

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft completes its\h
historic first docking to the International

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Space Station, opening a new avenue of\h
access for crews to the orbiting laboratory.

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Lowering costs and increasing\h
returns on our nation’s investment.

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The availability of extra crew members going\h
up on Commercial Crew has been a significant

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advantage. We’ve doubled the amount of time\h
that’s available for crew to conduct science.

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We’re touching down in the desert of New Mexico,\h
marking the completion of Orbital Flight Test-2.

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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has proven an\h
innovative commercial model paving the way for

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safe and successful private astronaut missions.
It is enabling this more privatization of the

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space world as well and I think that’s something\h
the Commercial Crew Program should be proud of as

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well, because you are enabling that to happen. 
Future commercial space destinations.

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So we both benefit. I think that’s what key\h
with these partnerships. But we also benefit

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by seeing these commercial companies and how they\h
do business. When we first started building the

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International Space Station, there wasn’t any\h
other space stations that we could use at that

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time so NASA had to build it. But today,\h
we can leverage private sector investment

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because there are other customers other than\h
NASA who want to go to lower Earth orbit.

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With sustained crew transportation services\h
to low Earth orbit, NASA and its international

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partners are further empowered to pursue human\h
exploration goals back to the Moon and Mars.

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We rise together, back to the Moon and beyond.

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Building upon lessons learned and expanding the\h
commercial model for applications in deep space.

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And it all starts in our celestial back yard.

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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program continues to be a\h
cornerstone for the agency’s long-term ambitions,

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providing crewed missions to station\h
through 2030 with the potential to

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add new capabilities and systems as\h
agency and industry needs evolve,