The first US National Aeronautics and Space Administration- (Nasa-) certified regular commercial crewed spaceflight successfully launched in the early hours of Monday, South African time. The flight is being undertaken by private-sector enterprise SpaceX on behalf of Nasa, using the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX was founded and is led by South African-born engineer and entrepreneur Elon Musk. Crew Dragon is just the latest in a long line of spaceflight successes ...
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