By Dino-Ray Ramos
27.05.2020 - 22:23 / etonline.com
SpaceX will make history today with its first astronaut launch. Elon Musk's aerospace company is partnering with NASA to send its first crew into orbit in a test flight to the International Space Station called Demo-2. This will mark America's first return to the station in nine years from our own soil.
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are boarding a Crew Dragon spacecraft to make the trip from Launch Complex 39A of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.
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By Dino-Ray Ramos
NASA's "Launch America" drew much of the nation in.
SpaceX is set to launch another rocket this week as part of its Starlink mission after it made history with NASA by propelling astronauts into space.
Discovery and Science Channel are over the moon about the ratings from their SpaceX launch coverage on Saturday. “Space Launch Live” is now the highest-rated non-primetime telecast in the history of Discovery Channel. America’s return to space via the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule is the highest-rated telecast in Science Channel’s history, regardless of day part.
SpaceX just made history with its first astronaut launch for NASA.
SpaceX just made history with its first astronaut launch for NASA.
A pair of astronauts have been propelled into space after the historic SpaceX rocket launch went ahead this evening.
SpaceX and NASA have come together to launch astronauts into space tonight - which will be the first time from US soil in nine years.
Update 5/30 11 a.m. ET: The SpaceX/NASA launch is scheduled for Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 p.m. ET, barring any changes. You can watch a live stream of the launch on NASA's YouTube channel or on its website, or on SpaceX's YouTube channel. If today's launch is scrubbed, they'll try again tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET.
SpaceX intended to make history on Wednesday with its first astronaut launch for NASA.