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On May 27, NASA will send American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from the United States for the first time since 2011.
NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken hold a press conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston before a historic launch from American soil to the International Space Station on the Crew Dragon spacecraft.
ISS rules require that at least one Russian and one American crew member remain on board the orbital outpost at all times to operate their respective systems. Russian Oleg Skripochka and American Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan returned from the mission on April 17, leaving Anatoly Ivanishin, Ivan Vagner and Chris Cassidy behind.
The US Manned Space Shuttle Program USA It ended in 2011. Since then, only Russian Soyuz rockets have sent crews to the International Space Station.
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