Daring new space mission launches. Watch the moment

SpaceX’s latest mission named Polaris Dawn — a bold and risky trek into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts by a four-person crew of civilians who will also aim to conduct the first commercial spacewalk — just took flight. #CNN #News

[PinkTuskedMammoth]

Damnit CNN get your graphic off the screen I want to see that progress bar there!

[chefboyartty]

Meanwhile Boeing keeps failing.... failing against Airbus, and SpaceX.

[DarthVader-ESB]

Kudos for the engineers getting that chance to feel what they have been training other people for all these years.

[stofffpv]

one of the most advanced rockets EVER on 720p

[tomwaller]

Thank goodness I can go to other sources on YouTube and get rid of your CNN banner!

[ro]

Risky?!?? Why, did they go up in a Boeing Starliner?
😂🤣

[ytQrash]

CNN, please have your space correspondents learn some science and engineering.

The Falcon 9 first stage does not separate from the Dragon capsule, it separates from the second stage. The second stage later separates from Dragon.

Congregating is a descriptive way to describe the presence of charged particles in the Van Allen Radiation Belts, but it is more accurate to state that charged particles are guided by the Earth's magnetic field to travel and accumulate in discrete regions of space around the planet.

Patients may receive radiation therapy as well as, or instead of, chemotherapy but they don't receive radiation therapy to get their chemotherapy. They receive drugs for chemotherapy.

[evilroyslade]

One more step closer for Elon Musk, to become a Trillionaire. At least one Space-X engineer gets a ride and a little recognition.

[clemc]

Good morning everyone, have a bless and safe day 🙏

[willadeefriesland]

The VAN ALLEN radiation belts. To give them their full name...

[EdgarUeno]

Looks like there is a new space launch every week now

[lakeliving]

Shame Elon and Trump won't take a rocket to his new house on Mars.. 😅

[Phantus]

Humanity needs guinea pigs so this is great.

[jon]

I'm curious how many of the Elon simps in the comments actually own a Tesla.

[lnhpvtz]

Thank you Elon Musk 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸. Pure Media Scum.

[Atljeepboy]

They should go rescue the ISS astronauts

[codenamegama]

I feel stupid reading the comments here 😮‍💨

[CuteHangman]

If only Humanity just focused all efforts towards the stars

[MichaelFloodSr]

Is this a signt-seeing trip or a science mission?

[olafseverin]

It is wonderfull of the crew to test on their own how it is to use the stuff they worked on before. This we can call self-sacrifice at behalf of menkind´s progress. This is a guidelight.