SpaceX launches two NASA astronauts to space for the first time in historic U.S. mission

"This just the beginning; it's only going to get better," Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, said before the launch.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission, Thursday, May 28, 2020, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Ever since the space shuttle retired nearly a decade ago, the U.S. has paid Russia upwards of $80 million per seat to fly NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. But NASA awarded SpaceX andwith contracts worth $3.1 billion and $4.

"We're at the dawn of a new age and we're really leading the beginning of the space revolution," NASA deputy administrator Jim Morhard told press ahead of the launch. NASA will broadcast 24 hours of nonstop live coverage of SpaceX Demo-2. The webcast began four hours before liftoff and will continue until the Crew Dragon spacecraft docks with the International Space Station the next day.for exclusive insights and analysis, and live business day programming from around the world.

The American ingenuity that SpaceX put on show was and is tremendous!

Congratulations SpaceX 🎊 Privatization of Space industry is the key to develop Space Tourism, Astroid Mining,, Moon/Mars Colonization, Space Junk Cleanup, Inter Planetary Communications etc.

What a waste of time and money.

Amazing!!!!

Congratulations NON BEE South Africans

Hopefully the good feelings from this launch last until Monday's closing bell at least.

👏👏🙏

Congrats to nasa and SpaceX

Nobody cares!

This is amazing, especially since we already went to the moon 50 years ago.

Omg accurate reporting.. you are blowing my mind right now 🙏🌟

Not that exciting to be honest. We walked on the moon 51 years ago multiple times; and that is over 237,000 miles away. We drove a moon rover & hit a golf ball there too. Plus the Space Shuttle missions of the 80's, 90's & 2000's Going 254 miles up to the ISS is child's play!

Congrats!

Get ready to buy tickets soon. This Nasa-Space X partnership is opening the space to tourists in less than 20 years. Congrats!

Space X launch accomplishment is lost on most of the Black and Hispanic community. Few make it into NASA or can barely pass math and science. Making a living takes all they have thats inequality. America richest and worse off of all Western economies

Space X be like

Takes me back to the Apollo missions. Goosebumps 🥶

This was so amazing to watch. I was in Orlando and saw the last US shuttle fly overhead. These guys will fly from FL to the ISS faster than I could drive from CLT to the Kennedy Space Center. LaunchAmerica

God bless the USA

😁Oh! How quickly the article was written!

We drove 3 hours. Nice!! Safe trip guys...

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