| | January 30, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY M23-011 Former NASA Astronauts to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor
doug_and_bob_at_pad.jpg NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley (left) and Robert Behnken (right) participate in a dress rehearsal for launch at the agency�??s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2020, ahead of NASA�??s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Demo-2 served as an end-to-end flight test of SpaceX�??s crew transportation system, providing valuable data toward NASA certifying the system for regular, crewed missions to the orbiting laboratory under the agency�??s Commercial Crew Program. Credits: NASA |
Vice President Kamala Harris will award former NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 4:15 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Hurley and Behnken will receive the award for bravery in NASA�??s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space Station in 2020. The ceremony will air on NASA Television, the agency�??s website, and the NASA app, as well as the agency�??s flagship Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube channels. Limited pre-credentialed media will join pooled press for the event. On May 30, 2020, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company�??s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched to the space station, marking the first mission to launch with astronauts as part of NASA�??s Commercial Crew Program. To learn more about NASA�??s Commercial Crew Program visit: www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew -end- |