NASA Aims for May 27 for First Crewed Launch From US Soil Since 2011

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NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, right, with Doug Hurley talk to the media in front of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, about the progress to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station, from American soil, as part of the agency’s commercial crew program at SpaceX headquarters, in Hawthorne, Calif., on Oct. 10, 2019. Alex Gallardo/AP Photo

NASA announced that it has scheduled its first astronaut mission from U.S. soil in almost a decade for May 27.

“On May 27, NASA will once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil!” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine posted April 17 on Twitter.