“Bob and Doug, together, have written the first page of a new chapter in the history of American spaceflight. You have helped rebuild America’s bridge to low-Earth orbit – to the International Space Station, where our nation conducts some of our most advanced scientific research.” During a ceremony at the WhiteHouse, VP Kamala Harris awarded former astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken the Congressional Space Medal of Honor for their bravery during NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2), which launched May 30, 2020. The astronauts were the first to travel to the ISS aboard Demo-2, the first crewed mission of the Commercial Crew Program, and the first U.S. launch to the orbiting laboratory since the end of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. #VPOTUS #NASA #Space #Astronauts #LaunchAmerica