NASA and SpaceX have achieved a milestone in American spaceflight, launching two astronauts in the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon capsule.
NASA and SpaceX have achieved a historic milestone in American spaceflight, successfully launching two astronauts on a journey to the International Space Station (ISS) in the first crewed test flight of the new Crew Dragon capsule.
This is the first time that American astronauts have launched from American soil since the space shuttle program ended in 2011, as well as the first time astronauts have been ferried to space aboard a privately-owned rocket.
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley launched from the famous Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, at 12:22 p.m. PT on Saturday, May 30, with the Crew Dragon capsule set atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
