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Spend a day with a SpaceX astronaut

by JoAnna Wendel

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May 30, 2020, marked the first ever commercial crew launch to the International Space Station.

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That day also marked the return of US human spaceflight, 9 years after NASA’s shuttle program ended in 2011.

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