These Four Astronauts Will Fly New Private Spacecraft For NASA In 2017

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The astronauts will fly SpaceX's Dragon and Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft via NASA

By 2017, there will be two new spacecraft capable of launching man from U.S. soil: SpaceX’s Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100. Now, NASA has selected the pioneering astronauts that will fly on these vehicles for the first time, ushering in a new era of space travel.