Nasa and SpaceX are preparing to send two astronauts to space in a mission that hopes to change the future of space exploration.
When Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley lift off from Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station, Nasa will be hoping they will both break tradition and set a new course for US spaceflight.
It will be the first time in almost a decade that astronauts have been launched from US soil, with Nasa being forced to borrow seats on board spacecraft from the Russian space agency.
The last time Nasa was able to launch astronauts from the US was in 2011, when the Space Shuttle programme came to an end.
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