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June 10, 2019 by Elizabeth Duran

The announcement was met with a roar, as it was hailed as the most significant U.S. media performance of the year. (For a list of the top ten news stories from the year, click here.) The excitement over the announcement was followed by silence and excitement.

"This is a real milestone, and we look forward to sharing it with the world, to helping to make this a true space nation," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, who was in Houston. "The United States has a long history of launching astronauts from the nation's orbit. The Dragon and the Starliner are the first and only manned missions that successfully did this. These are the most exciting and significant missions the agency has ever embarked on. We will continue to work to enhance the mission and to provide the best possible experience for all Americans as we return to the Earth."

The announcement comes a week before the launch of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, which will fly about 5,000 miles to the International Space Station to explore the interior of the moon. Although NASA is not naming the crew members, it will undoubtedly be named after them.

With all the excitement and excitement, the news reached more than 100,000 people in an hour, with a little over 30 percent of the population in the United States tuning in to their live stream of what was happening on Twitter. The Space.com website reported that at least 25,000 people tuned in to the Houston-area event, with nearly 400 more watching on YouTube.

"This is a big milestone, and we look forward to sharing it with the world, to helping to make this a true space nation," Bolden said. "We have a long-standing, successful tradition of launching astronauts from the nation's orbit, but we must continue to expand this tradition of launching people from the nation's orbit. This is the first mission that SpaceX has spent over a decade working to do this. The fact that we have such a large set of space employees, and so many new and interesting people who are working with us, makes it a real opportunity to share these stories with the world."

The announcement comes at a critical time at NASA, which has struggled to deliver on a promise to deliver astronauts to Mars, which NASA and a host of other agencies are still struggling to deliver. NASA, which has long struggled, is now seeking to get the United States to Mars, which it says is "the goal of our 2030 Agenda."

NASA currently spends about $50 billion a