SpaceX launches two NASA astronauts to space for the first time in historic US mission
Posted on AllSides May 31st, 2020
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has begun a new chapter in the history of United States spaceflight.
Elon Musk’s private space company on Saturday launched NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into orbit, successfully beginning SpaceX’s first crewed mission. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:22 p.m. ET. The capsule is the first privately designed and built spacecraft to carry astronauts to space and is bound for the International Space Station.
Beyond the achievement for SpaceX,...
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