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Kennedy Space Center CNN Business — A SpaceX spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts soared into outer space Saturday — marking the first time humans have traveled into Earth’s orbit from US soil in nearly a decade. Astronauts Robert Behnken, 49, and Douglas Hurley, 53, will spend about 19 hours aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule as it slowly maneuvers its way toward the International Space Station. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Storm clouds pass over NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center on May 27. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top, sits on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.






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