America's newest capsule for astronauts rocketed toward the International Space Station early Sunday on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX.
SpaceX founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk said the launch was"super stressful" to watch, but he's hopeful the capsule will be ready to carry people later this year. Looking on from Kennedy's Launch Control were the two NASA astronauts who will strap in as early as July for the second space demo, Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken. Shortly after liftoff, Musk asked them,"How do you feel about flying on it?"
Boeing aims to conduct the first test flight of its Starliner capsule in April, with astronauts on board possibly in August. SpaceX already has made 16 trips to the space station using cargo Dragons. The white Crew Dragon is slightly bigger — 27 feet tip to tip — and considerably fancier and safer. Musk said the redesigned capsule has"hardly a part in common" with its predecessor.It features four seats, three windows, touch-screen computer displays and life-support equipment, as well as eight abort engines to pull the capsule to safety in the event of a launch emergency.
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