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US Astronauts Hold Press Conference Ahead of NASA's Historic Launch - Video

18:03 GMT 01.05.2020 (Updated: 12:58 GMT 06.08.2022)

© AP Photo / Space X In this Dec. 18, 2018 photo provided by SpaceX, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned inside the company's hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of the Demo-1 unmanned flight test

In this Dec. 18, 2018 photo provided by SpaceX, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket are positioned inside the company's hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ahead of the Demo-1 unmanned flight test - Sputnik International

On 27 May, NASA will send American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) from US soil for the first time since 2011.

NASA Astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken hold a press conference at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston ahead of a historic launch from US soil to the International Space Station on the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

ISS rules require at least one Russian and one US crew members to stay aboard the orbital outpost at all times to operate their respective systems. Russia's Oleg Skripochka and US's Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan returned from the mission on 17 April, leaving Anatoly Ivanishin, Ivan Vagner, and Chris Cassidy behind.

The US Space Shuttle programme of manned spaceflights ended in 2011. Since then only Russian Soyuz rockets have sent crews to the International Space Station.

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