The SpaceXlaunch is pencilled in for Wednesday (May 27) and will see NASAastronauts launch into orbit from US soil for the first time in nine years. Since the end of the Space Shuttle programme in 2011, NASA has pursued commercial partners to return manned spaceflight to America. Tomorrow, astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will break ground as they blast off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon capsule.