NASA set to resume human spaceflight from U.S. soil with historic SpaceX launch

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SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, was set to launch two Americans into orbit on Wednesday from Florida on a mission that would mark the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years.

FILE PHOTO: Crews work on the SpaceX Crew Dragon, attached to a Falcon 9 booster rocket, as it sits horizontal on Pad39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

Prospects for an on-time liftoff hinged on the weather, with forecasters late on Monday citing a 40% chance that storms over eastern Florida could force a postponement. If that happens, the next launch window would be Saturday afternoon. The last time NASA launched astronauts into space aboard a brand new vehicle was 40 years ago at the start of the shuttle program.

Aerospace giant Boeing Co, producing its own space launch vehicles in competition with SpaceX for NASA business, is expected to launch its CST-100 Starliner vehicle with astronauts aboard for the first time next year.

 

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What happened to America's commitment to Space Exploration? The New Crusades!

If this mission succeeds space will be available to all of us. No matter what you think about Elon Musk we will forever owe him for that.

In a rush to go destroy another planet !

Too common, we want to see something going new level, far, thrilling NASA

Two white guys. What a surprise. 🙄

If it goes wrong, Trump will blame Obama.

Any chance someone could smuggle trump aboard the flight and launch him off the planet?

I want Twitter to FactCheck check this. 🤗

Not exactly the space shuttle is it.

Nope... i wouldn’t hop in that ship even if you paid me millions, not yet. Good luck to the astronauts on Saturday! spacerace nasa

Capsules turned out to be the best way to launch humans into space after all.

No space

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