Elon Musk’s SpaceX makes history on Wednesday — going where no private enterprise has gone before with the first nongovernment launch of humans into orbit.…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX makes history on Wednesday — going where no private enterprise has gone before with the first nongovernment launch of humans into orbit.
The Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket, delivering two astronauts to the International Space Station, will be the first American manned launch to orbit in nearly a decade: NASA had stepped aside from that task as part of encouraging the private sector to jump in.
