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![Former NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (left) and Doug Hurley are seen after being awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by Vice President Kamala Harris during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 in Washington, DC.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mfxejz5ZQifuceJCF5n2P6-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX crewmates Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken awarded Space Medal of Honor
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Former NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have been presented with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. honor reserved for spaceflight veterans.
![NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (foreground) and Bob Behnken brief mission controllers about their experience aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, on June 1, 2020, shortly after arriving at the International Space Station aboard the private vehicle on SpaceX's Demo-2 test flight.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iXKyYBbPWAnxtp2cDUduk4-320-80.jpg)
Watch 2 pioneering former NASA astronauts receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor today
By Mike Wall published
Two trailblazing former NASA astronauts will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on Tuesday (Jan. 31), and you can watch the ceremony live.
![Astronaut Bob Behnken is retiring from NASA after 22 years with the space agency.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XEeqQMqJjAHgPyMtx4VAid-320-80.jpg)
Astronaut Bob Behnken retires from NASA after trailblazing 22-year career
By Mike Wall published
Bob Behnken is retiring from NASA after a pioneering 22-year career that includes three spaceflights, including SpaceX's first-ever crewed mission.
![SpaceX has named its two new recovery ships "Bob" and "Doug" after NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, the first astronauts the company launched for NASA on the Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station in 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cnhVFUTurykjDpdah5edC9-320-80.jpeg)
SpaceX names 2 new recovery ships after NASA astronauts
By Amy Thompson last updated
SpaceX's new recovery ships "Bob" and "Doug" sailed into Port Canaveral this month and are named for NASA astronauts.
![Headshot of NASA astronaut Bob Behnken.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XEeqQMqJjAHgPyMtx4VAid-320-80.jpg)
Bob Behnken: NASA astronaut and SpaceX Crew Dragon joint operations commander
By Kimberly Hickok last updated
Here's a summary of Bob Behnken's career.
![The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6CQdaqtVpgPEZjpAX2Rg8E-320-80.jpg)
'It sounds like an animal': NASA astronauts describe the Crew Dragon reentry experience
By Elizabeth Howell published
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft practically came alive during its dramatic dive through Earth's atmosphere on Sunday (Aug. 2), its NASA crew reported.
![A recovery ship pulls the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley out of the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 2, 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VpePgVB3kGZU2TLRCJzE8o-320-80.jpg)
'Space dad' jokes: NASA astronauts made prank calls after historic SpaceX splashdown
By Mike Wall published
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley returned from orbit with their senses of humor intact.
![NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (left) and Doug Hurley give thumbs-up signs inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour onboard the GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on Aug. 2, 2020.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/erhoKVoksnk2A39yCfGaCU-320-80.jpg)
Trump hails SpaceX's 1st splashdown with NASA astronauts. Obama, too.
By Tariq Malik published
President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama hailed SpaceX's first splashdown of NASA astronauts on Sunday (Aug. 2)
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