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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of SpaceX’s drone ship “Just Read the Instructions.” Credit: SpaceX After 10 years, two successful test flights and a $6 billion investment in American enterprise, NASA is poised to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station this weekend, the first government-certified flight of a commercially…

  • Astronauts rehearse for launch day as mission managers watch weather

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    Crew-1 astronauts Soichi Noguchi, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and Victor Glover pose inside the Crew Access Arm at pad 39A Thursday. Credit: NASA/SpaceX The four astronauts preparing to ride SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Resilience” into orbit climbed aboard their spaceship Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in a practice run for a launch to the International…