Watch: Nasa and SpaceX lift-off - BBC News

Two Nasa astronauts have launched into orbit on a rocket and capsule system provided by Elon Musk's company SpaceX.

Doug Hurley's and Bob Behnken's Dragon capsule left Earth atop its Falcon-9 rocket exactly on time, after the first attempt three days earlier had to be aborted because of weather conditions.

They are heading for the International Space Station, which will take 19 hours. The mission is the first crewed outing from American soil in nine years.

Video courtesy of Nasa

[mtsg]

X Æ X-12 heading to school be like:

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[zaimanjum]

Humans in 2050: can I get two tickets to mars.

[lyttlebee]

i hope human race can be united as one to develop the space. because it's our common future for the next 100 generations.

[Dage-blru]

"No you can't leave earth during this pandemic"

Astronaut: Haha rocket go brr

[HENRYFOLEY]

All this fantastic technology and people are still getting their heads chopped off.

[Achilles]

We’re living in the most revolutionary time ever. Crazy. Thank you to everyone who made this possible

[soumyadeeplovestoexplore]

Spectacular moment to watch. Thank you Elon Musk, you made a history.

[Oosh-Xbox]

Oh look 👀 ... the worlds round NOT flat !

[ShadOwFax]

Flat earthers will be salty at seeing that 😂

[mrdax]

who else saw the mini roadster on the corner of the screen?

[peterdanngren]

I also want to escape from coronavirus, violence and all shit that happens right now. Where to get a ticket?

[rmstitanic]

Awesome. Takes me back to the old days of the Apollo rockets.

[googledoodle]

Amazing lift off, never have missed a rocket launch in my life.🇺🇸✊🏿✌️👈😁

[abdrazaqyusuf]

55 and an African, I dare not continue dreaming of going to space even though it is my most passionate desire.

[mostlymessingabout]

Thank you Musk. The most iconic African American of the modern era

[Greenpoloboy]

Things people do to get away from the things going on down here on Earth. (understandable though)

[aarusty]

The BBC actually reported the news, what's going on.

[efilwv]

From the late 80s to the mid 90s, I was obsessed with rocket launches. I was too young to remember the challenger explosion. I do remember back before we had HD and how hard it was to see these shuttles on TV. Cool to see how rocketry advanced over the past 20 years; including the quality of the visuals and reporting.

[o_noori]

Flat earthers after watching this video, "NaH tHiS iS aLl FaKe"

[exussr]

so complicated in every milisecond. Bravo