A SpaceX rocket with a newly-designed unmanned crew capsule has blasted off for the International Space Station, in a key milestone for Elon Musk’s space company. The mission hopes to kick-start NASA’s long-delayed goal to resume human spaceflight from US soil later this year. SpaceX’s 4.9 metre tall Crew Dragon capsule, atop a Falcon 9 rocket, lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre at 6:49pm (local time) on Saturday, carrying a test dummy nicknamed Ripley. The capsule successfully separated from the rocket about 11 minutes later, sparking cheers in the control room, and began its journey to the space station. The station’s three-member crew was expected to greet the capsule, carrying 180kg of supplies and test equipment, early on Sunday, NASA said. Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch lights up California sky Elon Musk’s SpaceX car mission overshoots Mars orbit Elon Musk’s plan to end traffic jams for good During its five-day stay, US astronaut Anne McClain and Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will run tests and inspect Crew Dragon’s cabin. NASA has awarded SpaceX and Boeing Co US$6.8 billion to build competing rocket and capsule systems to launch astronauts into orbit from American soil for the first time since the US Space… Read full this story
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