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NASA Needs Backup Plan To Maintain U.S. Presence At Space Station, Watchdog Says

The Government Accountability Office released a report warning NASA that further delays in the space agency's commercial crew program could keep American astronauts from reaching the space station.
International Space Station (ISS), computer artwork.

A government watchdog agency wants NASA to come up with a contingency plan for getting American astronauts to the International Space Station.

The recommendation is one of the major takeaways on what is known as the Commercial Crew Program.

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