SpaceX - Mission Demo 2 - 1st Time in 9 Years Astronauts are sent into Space by Nasa
Isn't it incredible?
I remember the old days of the space shuttle and how huge the rockets where:
Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have broken a nine-year hiatus for Nasa, becoming the first astronauts to launch from US soil since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011.
In the intervening years, Nasa bought seats for its astronauts - at a cost of tens of millions of dollars per flight - on the Russian Soyuz.
But officials have also worked with Elon Musk's company SpaceX and aerospace giant Boeing to develop new, American spacecraft capable of ferrying humans to and from the ISS - under the space agency's Commercial Crew Program.
Musk's vehicle was first to fly; Hurley and Behnken traveled to the ISS in the sleek Crew Dragon spacecraft.
And a super successful mission!!!
Congratulations SpaceX, Nasa, Bob, and Doug!
You've all just made history in 2020!!!
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