SpaceX Makes History With First Astronaut Launch With NASA

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SpaceX just made history with its first astronaut launch for NASA. SpaceLaunchLIVE

"We want to inspire kids to say, 'One day, I want to wear that spacesuit,' and get them fired up to say, 'Yeah, I want to be an astronaut. I want to work on aerospace engineering, I want to advance spaceflight,'" Musk said in a joint broadcast from SpaceX and NASA on Wednesday."What I think today is about is reigniting the dream of space, and getting people fired up about the future.

"It's just a great, exciting, inspiring day," he continued."It's one of those things that makes you glad to wake up in the morning." Prior to Wednesday's initial launch, the official Twitter account for the International Space Station shared video of Behnken and Hurley, clad in their custom-made SpaceX spacesuits, jumping into the backseat of a NASA logo-emblazoned Tesla Model X electric-powered SUV en route to the launch pad.

 

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That rocket never came back to Earth as they're claiming. We had a camera black out never seeing it landed. Also, there was no celebrating by the workers where there should of been on such an important aspect. SpaceX CrewDragon SpaceLaunchLIVE

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