On Saturday May 30 2020, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched two astronauts into space becoming the first crewed orbital flight from American soil since 2011. Even more significant: It’s the first time ever that astronauts traveled to orbit on a privately-owned spacecraft.
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