( CNN) NASA has actually touched 9 astronauts to end up being the very first to introduce to room from American dirt given that the Space Shuttle program was retired in2011

Since2011, the United Nation has actually counted on Russia to transport cosmonauts to the spaceport station. Space X and also Boeing were chosen by NASA in 2014 to create spacecraftsto return that ability to the United States, and also both business are slated to introduce their very first crewed objectives in the following year. Some, nevertheless, consider that target enthusiastic.

Duringa news Friday to present the astronauts at Johnson Space Center in Texas, NASA manager Jim Bridenstine stated the “health and wellness of NASA and also our room expedition program is as solid as it's ever before been.”