Two former astronauts receive Space Medal of Honor

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Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken were awarded the medals

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Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday presented the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to two former NASA astronauts at the White House

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Kamala credited Behnken and Hurley not just for flying the mission but for years of work leading up to it, advising SpaceX as it developed the spacecraft

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They got medals for their “bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 to the International Space Station in 2020

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Rob and Doug together, have written a new chapter in the history of American space flight

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In the coming years, there is no doubt hundreds of people will fly to orbit in the capsule that they helped to test and build

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