Liftoff! SpaceX launches first astronauts for NASA on historic test flight
Words by Amy Thompson
SpaceX launched astronauts for the first time ever today, making history and beginning a new age of commercial spaceflight. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from historic Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on 30 May at 20:22 BST carrying SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule into orbit.