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NASA autoriza el primer vuelo tripulado de SpaceX el 27 de mayo

Los dos astronautas que participarán en la misión han permanecido en estricta cuarentena desde el 13 de mayo debido a la pandemia, pero dijeron que su aislamiento real comenzó a mediados de marzo

In this image released by NASA, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken (L) and Douglas Hurley pose for pictures after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX's Demo-2 mission, May 20, 2020, in Florida. - NASA�s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency�s Commercial Crew Program. The flight test will serve as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX�s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.  P (Photo by Bill INGALLS / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA / BILL INGALLS " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
In this image released by NASA, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken (L) and Douglas Hurley pose for pictures after arriving at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of SpaceX's Demo-2 mission, May 20, 2020, in Florida. - NASA�s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency�s Commercial Crew Program. The flight test will serve as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX�s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley are scheduled to launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. P (Photo by Bill INGALLS / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA / BILL INGALLS " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS BILL INGALLS
NASA Los astronautas Robert Behnken (izquierda) y Douglas Hurley posan para las fotografías en el Centro Espacial Kennedy, de la NASA, el 20 de mayo del 2020, en Florida. Foto: AFP (BILL INGALLS/AFP)

Washington. La NASA autorizó este viernes el lanzamiento el próximo miércoles de un cohete de SpaceX con dos astronautas a bordo, en el primer vuelo tripulado estadounidense desde el 2011 y un paso crucial para poner fin a la dependencia de los cohetes rusos.

Altos responsables de la NASA y de la compañía propiedad de Elon Musk se encontraban reunidos desde el jueves en el Centro Espacial Kennedy, en Florida, para constatar que todo estaba listo y seguro para la misión.

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