SpaceX set for 'historic' commercial space flight carrying 2 NASA astronauts

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will carry NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station is set to launch Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center. #FoxBusiness

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[WoodheadM]

Why isn't this the front page stuff in the news?

[hairyjohn]

The thought of history being made... excites me!

[mikeking]

The most amazing part? The booster will land after the flight and get reused. The capsule will also get reused as a cargo only capsule after the flight. And before anyone gets too worried, they did a demo flight last year (this exact flight to the space station) without a crew. So it's not like it's the first time they have done this. The only odd part is that this crew was supposed to only be there for 2 weeks before, but the station is low on crew so they have extended this demo flight time with out an exact return date specified.

[minhdo]

This is so exciting. I remembered when I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut, now other kids will have the same aspirations as I did!

[jeffreymuu]

I love how space exploration unites all type of people.

[richardpratt]

But, but, but what about Corona Virus? Aren't they scared to be so close together? Seriously, it's really nice to see some bravery every now and then...

[rb]

Capitalism makes this enterprise possible! Go SpaceX!

[JoshKeatonFan]

Does this mean we will get another space race between SpaceX and NASA! When space races happen, everybody reaps the benefits of the competition! I'm so excited! This is going to be awesome!

[JesseH]

A graduate of Owego Free Academy where I went. Born in the same hospital I was. 😎👍🇺🇸

[derekstarkjr]

America is the leader in Space . Go Space X ! Making America Greater !

[denniskarnes]

Who was it that said "The SHOW must go on"😂🤣😂🤣🤨

[frednurc]

Breaking News: tomorrow something will happen
Watch this space

[clifrisner]

Go Trump 2020, go Elon and go NASA. 🙋‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏁 God bless

[SGR]

This is a Historic flight without any "" And the most amazing part of it a totally private business. After a while SpaceX will find private clients and customers to have a business with. Monopoly of NASA broken!

[Vivra_Verra____]

Elon Musk is my savior and savior of Earth. A great man! I love Tesla and everything else he does.

[renaissanceman]

dont buy stock just cause of this... consider what happened to Virgin Galactic...

[xmanrgil]

another great hoax loving it run that game