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And the reason we're making this sound like a flight is because we're about to take flight with a report about a space launch that's scheduled for later this month.
It will carry two astronauts to the International Space Station. That's been done many times before. What's different this time around is how they'll get there. They'll be launching from American soil for the first time since 2011. They'll be launching in a newly designed spacecraft for the first time since 1981. And they'll be launching aboard a SpaceX capsule for the first time ever.
SpaceX is a private company that has received billions of dollars from NASA. It's been able to carry out space missions much less expensively than the U.S. government's agency.
The SpaceX capsule is named the "Crew Dragon". And if everything goes according to schedule, May 27th will be the first time it carries people into orbit. Until 2011, the space shuttle was the vehicle NASA used to get people from A to beyond. It was a large winged ship attached to giant rocket boosters.
The "Crew Dragon" looks more like the Russian Soyuz capsule that's been used to launch NASA's astronauts since the space shuttle program shut down. According to space.com, NASA pays $86 million for every astronaut who launches aboard the Russian Soyuz. It'll cost around $55 million for each astronaut aboard the SpaceX "Crew Dragon".
