Why SpaceX's astronaut mission for NASA is such a big

Why SpaceX's astronaut mission for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk's rocket company and the US as a whole

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Published 31 Jul 2020

· SpaceX launched NASA astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time on May 30. Now it's poised to bring them home.
· The launch kicked off the first-ever human flight in a commercial spacecraft, and marked the first time an American-made vehicle has launched humans from US soil in nearly a decade.
· If...

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Why SpaceX's astronaut mission for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk's rocket company and the US as a whole

Why SpaceX's astronaut mission for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk's rocket company and the US as a whole

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