03-02-2019, 01:00 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47414390
The demonstration of a new US system to get astronauts into orbit is under way.
The SpaceX company has launched a capsule designed to carry people from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The mission is uncrewed for this flight, but if it goes well, the American space agency is likely to approve the system for regular astronaut use from later this year.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said this could be the first step towards opening space travel to commercial customers.
Not since the retirement of the shuttles in 2011 has the US been able to put humans in orbit.
SpaceX's launches seem to have been very hit-and-miss, but I am glad this one is going well so far .
Hopefully, things will continue to go smoothly, and NASA will be able to start using this to launch astronauts into space, instead of paying for Soyuz launches!
The demonstration of a new US system to get astronauts into orbit is under way.
The SpaceX company has launched a capsule designed to carry people from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The mission is uncrewed for this flight, but if it goes well, the American space agency is likely to approve the system for regular astronaut use from later this year.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said this could be the first step towards opening space travel to commercial customers.
Not since the retirement of the shuttles in 2011 has the US been able to put humans in orbit.
SpaceX's launches seem to have been very hit-and-miss, but I am glad this one is going well so far .
Hopefully, things will continue to go smoothly, and NASA will be able to start using this to launch astronauts into space, instead of paying for Soyuz launches!
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