SpaceX successfully launches manned rocket into orbit

A rocket ship named Dragon breathed new fire into the US’s human spaceflight programme on Saturday, carrying two astronauts on a much-anticipated mission. The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon crew capsule from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station was the first time since 2011 that humans had blasted off into orbit from US soil.
It also heralded a new direction for crewed spaceflight, as entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company SpaceX became the first commercial operator to carry astronauts into space under a public-private partnership set up by Nasa in 2010

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[dryb]

I was holding my breath remembering the challenger.
Thank goodness this was a success, not another disaster of the vile year of 2020.

[reham]

They wanna infect Aliens with Coronavirus 😂😂😂

[maha_sage]

Taking social distancing and PPEs to an all new high

[ChicagoTurtle]

Meanwhile 30 million citizens in america are now unemployed. Don’t forget that question: where will that money come from?!?

[nikitae.]

I can only say that Elon made one of his dreams come true. Congratulations!

[ShadowPuffChan]

Just me or did the sound go oop- before i could watch the full thing

[JosipMiller]

USA is going to space, what a completely new thing in history. So, welcome to 1972 ?

[tikho]

All the people saying 'where will the money come from?' clearly don't understand how SpaceX works and exactly why this was so important lmao. Oh well, can't expect much from youtube.

[gizarules]

Wow, your country is suffering in a major financial situation/ crisis and what do you do?. Send people into space. Also Russia's response to th launch is "We do this all the time. Spaceeba "

[wenling]

This’s why USA is still an admirable country.
Hope its domestic fracture will not rock down this very interesting country.
China will need a competent rival to keep China itself constantly competent

[bongofrenzy]

I'm guessing this is exactly what the 30 million USAmericans in poverty need RIGHT NOW.

[bongofrenzy]

So who will eventually pay for this very very expensive hobby?

[markyw]

really? those suits look like buzz lightyear kids playsuits you get from the toy shop....believe what you like i suppose