On May 30, NASA launched two astronauts NASA astronauts on an commercial spacecraft- the first launch of American astronauts into orbit on a U.S.-built vehicle from America since 2011. The mission blasted off from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Pad 39A. Two veteran NASA astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, were tucked inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. This launch began a 19-hour journey to the International Space Station, where the astronauts will spend between one and four months living and working. Meet the astronauts:

You can watch the launch:

You can learn more about astronauts:

And you can even have stories read to you by real astronauts!

And recite poems too!