When Doug Hurley launched aboard Atlantis on July 8, 2011, the future of human spaceflight from U.S. soil was uncertain. Nearly a decade later, the astronaut is piloting SpaceX's new Crew Dragon.

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"It was really a lot for us to think about from up there."

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Phillip Hamilton, a researcher with the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, told Emily Rooney on WGBH News’ Greater Boston Thursday, the state’s stay-at-home order has made tracking the whale challenging.