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Big News / Small Bytes6. 2. 20 Not for the Faint of Heart6. 2. 20NASAOn Saturday, SpaceX shot its Crew Dragon spacecraft with human astronauts on board, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to do so.The astronauts who rode it up seem impressed with the vehicle overall — though NASA veteran Bob Behnken compared parts of the experience unfavorably to the now-retired Space Shuttle.Both astronauts have had extensive experience piloting NASA's now retired Space Shuttle."The space shuttle was a pretty rough ride heading into orbit with the solid rocket boosters," Behnken said during a welcoming ceremony aboard the International Space Station.But this launch was different."And our expectation was, as we continued with the flight into second stage, that things would basically get a lot smoother than the space shuttle did," he added. "But Dragon was huffing and puffing all the way into orbit, and we were definitely driving or riding a dragon all the way up."READ MORE: [Space.com]More on the launch: Copyright ©, Camden Media Inc All Rights Reserved. See our , . The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Futurism. Fonts by Typekit and Monotype.

Big News / Small Bytes6. 2. 20 Not for the Faint of Heart6. 2. 20NASAOn Saturday, SpaceX shot its Crew Dragon spacecraft with human astronauts on board, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to do so.The astronauts who rode it up seem impressed with the vehicle overall — though NASA veteran Bob Behnken compared parts of the experience unfavorably to the now-retired Space Shuttle.Both astronauts have had extensive experience piloting NASA's now retired Space Shuttle."The space shuttle was a pretty rough ride heading into orbit with the solid rocket boosters," Behnken said during a...

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