SpaceX rocket ship lifts off with 2 Americans

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BREAKING: NASA astronauts blast off into space on a SpaceX rocket, heralding a new era in human spaceflight. Check here for updates:

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A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon capsule, sits on Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2020. The two astronauts are on the SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station scheduled to liftoff Saturday.

The flight ushers in a new era in commercial space travel and marks the first time NASA has launched astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade.Ever since the space shuttle was retired in 2011, NASA has relied on Russian rockets launched from Kazakhstan to take U.S. astronauts took and from the space station.CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

“Maybe there’s an opportunity here for America to maybe pause and look up and see a bright, shining moment of hope at what the future looks like, that the United States of America can do extraordinary things even in difficult times,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence returned to the Kennedy Space Center for the second launch attempt.

Because of the coronavirus, NASA severely limited the number of employees, visitors and journalists allowed deep inside Kennedy Space Center, and the crowd was relatively small, at a few thousand. At the center’s tourist complex, though, all 4,000 tickets were snapped up in a few hours.

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New era for Space X* Calm your tits

I love it. elon Congratulations SpaceX

Who cares but big butt Trump

Find a cure for the pandemic and forget that baloney.

Finally, something America can be proud of.

Government sector meets private sector today.

U.S. astronauts returning to space should've dominated today's headlines. Sadly, more anger, hatred and injustice has done so instead.

But did that first stage actually return to Earth, as indicated? I’m not convinced and I’m no conspiracy theorist but one moment there’s the deck - then loss of picture! Within 1 minute - picture is back and there it is - landed and no smoke’ draw your own conclusions.

America the nation that for generations was the world leader in space exploration is now back in the race to claim its position 👏🏼 Congratulations NASA SpaceX ElonMusk crewdragon ISS

Yay

MariaSTsehai Endeleeni kuchezeana mtaenda tu huko Paradise soon lkn kumbuka hataongozana na huyo anayekuchezea mtu atalipa nauli kivyake

Running away from coronavirus!

Yes!

JonLemire

Sorry. Could care less. People dying from virus Massive unemployment Businesses permanently closed People in food lines Murdering police $$$$ spent so two men can fly in space - not my priority.

Waste of time and money.

All this brilliance and our country is playing games with viruses and burning cities down. The Democrats should be so embarrassed and ashamed to have shut this program down. They are a systemic cancer in this world!!!!

What was that then?

Sorry Barack Obama, we are back in space!

Is American racism going with them?

Finally after years of work...

Thank you President Trump!!

A SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts reaches orbit on its way to the International Space Station.

JonLemire I remember in the 60’s, the teacher would roll a TV into the classroom to watch the Apollo launches. It was very exciting.

Money for some ppl

completed overshadowed by the ugly events happening there.

I hope they find COVID19 and racism cure out there

like the way you acknowledge the Russians providing space flight to theSpace Station for years.

meanwhile america is burning.

new era? i just remind you USA sent human to the Moon 50 years ago. This SpaceX rocket is obsolet shit so finish your sonorous speeches.

USA 🇺🇸 ☝🏽

If only all the Antifas could be sent off into outer space!

This would be way more exciting if the Trump family were on that rocket and it was a one-way trip

very cool!

They should have tied Trump to it

Better start making condominium complex sizes of them jokers, earth is FUCKED

Apparently they don't want to come back.

2020s is gonna be 60s remastered

Let me know when they go to the moon again

Pretty good view of the flat earth from there.

GoodLuck

Can't blame them for leaving.

Wait for meeeeeee!!!!!!!

SpaceX

It speaks volumes that space is probably safer than planet earth right now. Exciting news though.

Fuck yeah!!

Godspeed!

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