Hopkins among the nine astronauts who will be the first to fly on commercial SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft

CBS News (Aug. 3) -- NASA named nine astronauts Friday who hope to blast off next year on flights to the International Space Station aboard commercial ferry ships built by Boeing and SpaceX. The flights will be the first piloted launches to orbit from the United States since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. SpaceX's second piloted launch will include station veteran and Illinois graduate Mike Hopkins and rookie astronaut Victor Glover, a former F/A-18 test pilot with more than 2,000 hours flying time, more than 400 carrier landings and 24 combat missions.Also: 13newsnow (Aug. 3), Lake Expo (Aug. 9)