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SpaceX Launches its First Manned Space Flight Making it Also the First Manned Launch from American Soil after the Space Shuttle Program
SpaceX launched astronauts for the first time ever today, making history and opening a new age of commercial spaceflight. A shiny white Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from historic Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center here today (May 30) at 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT), carrying SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule into orbit. The launch kicked off […]
NASA sets May 27 launch date for SpaceX for Launch of American Astronauts from American Soil for First Time since 2011
NASA announced April 17 that it has set a May 27 launch date for a SpaceX commercial crew test flight that will be the first mission to launch NASA astronauts to orbit from the United States in nearly a decade. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the launch date in a tweet, saying that NASA “will […]
SpaceX, NASA Aim For Historic Crew Launch In Mid-May Despite Coronavirus Outbreak
The first crewed orbital launch from American soil is scheduled to lift off just two months from now, despite the coronavirus outbreak. NASA and SpaceX are targeting mid- to late May for the launch of Demo-2, which will send agency astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX’s Crew […]