For the first time since 2011, a space mission carrying two passengers to the International Space Station will be launched from American soil today at 16:33 p.m. It will also be the first time that a private spacecraft has taken astronauts into orbit (link for the video live countdown at the bottom of the article)
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be aboard the SpaceX capsule (called Crew Dragon), which will be transported into orbit by a Falcon 9 rocket scheduled for liftoff from Cape Canaveral today at 16:33 p.m. ET. The SpaceX mission is part of NASA's commercial crew program, and it will be a test of NASA's partnership with the US aerospace industry.
Elon Musk founder of Paypal, Telsa (electric cars), Solar City (solar panels) founded Space X in 2002. His goals revolve around his vision to change the world and humanity. Its goals include reducing global warming through the production and consumption of sustainable energy and reducing the "risk of human extinction" by creating multi-planetary life by establishing a human colony on Mars.
Follow the takeoff live on Youtube: https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg
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