NASA and SpaceX launch first astronauts into space from US soil in nearly a decade

Fortunately for space fans, Saturday's launch went off without a hitch, with the weather growing clearer and clearer as the day grew on.

President Donald Trump flew down to Florida to observe the launch - the first president to watch a NASA lift-off since Bill Clinton.SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket even landed successfully on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean just minutes after ferrying the astronauts into orbit. America hasn't had the ability to launch astronauts from its own soil since 8 July 2011, when the Space Shuttle programme was retired.

Bob Behken and Doug Hurley will now join the three current residents of the ISS, NASA's Chris Cassidy and Russia's Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, all of whom were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by Russia's space agency.

We launched Pindar into space today. He’s not coming back.

Just watched them pass over Leicestershire at 22:15. ...a clear bright light, maybe 25 degrees, SW to SE. 👍 ...I waved.

donald trump don’t care if the astronauts die, he’s got enough money to pay compensation

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Launch was faked. The stream went off and hey-presto the fucking rocket 🚀 has landed on the ship 🚢🤨

In heaven there is no fire. On a rocket 🚀 there is.

Independent NASA 👏

piersmorgan Otto_English mrjamesob SamCoatesSky JasonManford campbellclaret It's 420km.... Which is 260 miles.... Dominic Cummings drove that under lockdown.....!!!

Fake fucking news 🥱

Cool 🧐

who cares no one

SpaceX AND NASA FIXED

Wallop. Where are they going in space because with this 2 metre bollocks im in need of space & getting really fucked off. Are they bringing any back ?

How many billions the taxi mission !!!

It's not the moon though, is it.....😉

I hope to be the first Scottish person in space. Elon Musk thinks this would be excellent

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