(Video) – Space X crew sends astronauts into space for the first time in nearly a decade
For the first time since the last flight of the Space Shuttle in 2011, U.S. astronauts will go to orbit from American soil.
The Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying up to seven passengers to and from Earth orbit, and beyond. It is the only spacecraft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth, and will soon become the first private spacecraft to take humans to the space station.
The first stage booster will attempt to land on the floating barge ‘Of Course I Still Love You’, in the Atlantic Ocean. Upon returning to Earth, the Crew Dragon capsule will parachute into the Atlantic Ocean.
Courtesy of NASA, SpaceX
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