NASA and SpaceX Set to Make History With Manned Space Launch
For the first time since 2011, NASA will launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil. It will also be the first time ever a private company will get them there.
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For the first time since 2011, NASA will launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil. It will also be the first time ever a private company will get them there.
SpaceX launched four civilians on a three-day orbital excursion that many see as a harbinger of a new era in human spaceflight.
'I really do see this as a renaissance in human space transportation.'
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NASA Declares SpaceX Rocket Safe For Upcoming Astronaut Launch Apr 20, 2021 10:19 EDT Officials from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) have finished the final steps of reviewing the company's rocket and spacecraft for an upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is officially dubbed as SpaceX Crew-2 by NASA, and it will fly astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agenc...