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SpaceX is officially ready to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday after mission teams completed the final launch readiness review on Monday.
Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will blast off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, departing from the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Florida.
"It's great to be here at the Kennedy Space Center. We are once again launching American astronauts on American rockets from American soil. And this is a big moment in time, it's been nine years since we've had this opportunity," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Tuesday.
Only three countries have launched people into orbit since 1961: Russia, the U.S. and China, in that order.
SpaceX will be the first private company to do so.
It successfully conducted its first test flight of a Dragon crew capsule a year ago, sending the capsule to the space station with a test mannequin aboard.
The returned capsule was destroyed during ground testing at Cape Canaveral, further delaying the planned launch.
SpaceX has been using Falcon 9 rockets to launch cargo to the space station in the company's original Dragon capsules since 2012.
Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002.

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