>>> WE ARE BACK WITH TWO U.S.
>>> WE ARE BACK WITH TWO U.S.
ASTRONAUTS PREPARING FOR AN OUT
OF THIS WORLD MISSION.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS BOB BENKEN AND DOUG
HURLEY RECEIVING A BIG SENDOFF.
BEFORE TRAVELING FROM HOUSTON TO
FLORIDA THEY WILL BLAST OFF NEXT
WEEK ON A SPACE ROCKET BOUND FOR
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THE FIRST MANNED LAUNCH FROM
U.S. SOIL SINCE THE SPACE
SHUTTLE TOOK OFF FROM THE SAME
SPOT IN 2011.
>> GAVE US ONE THING THAT WE
COULD HAVE PUT ON OUR LIST OF
DREAM JOBS WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN
TO HAVE SOME DAY IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN TO BE ABOARD A NEW
SPACECRAFT, BE CONDUCTING A TEST
MISSION ABOARD THAT SPACECRAFT
AND DOUG AND I GET THAT CHANCE
TO DO IT.
>> I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF
THE FOUR ASTRONAUTS THAT LANDED
HERE ALMOST NINE YEARS AGO.
IT’S INCREDIBLY HUMBLING TO BE
HERE TO START OUT THE NEXT
LAUNCH FROM THE UNITED STATES.
>> THAT’S KPAGTEXCITING.
THE FIRST TIME, A PRIVATE
COMPANY, NOT A NATIONAL
GOVERNMENT, TO SEND ASTRONAUTS
INTO ORBIT BEFORE THE COMMERCIAL
CREW FLIGHTS ARE ALLOWED TO
BEGIN, GUYS.
>> THERE’S ONLY ONE AMERICAN UP
THERE RIGHT NOW, APPARENTLY, HIS
NAME IS CHRIS CASSIDY AND HE
SENT AN EMAIL TO HURLEY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT
RIGHT.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS, QUOTE,
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEIR
UGLY MUGS ON BOARD.
HE’S BEEN UP THERE THAT LONG BY
HIMSELF.
