NASA Astronauts Launch from U.S.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 30, 2020

For the first time in nine years, NASA astronauts launched to orbit from U.S. soil. And for the first time ever, their ride to space was a craft designed and owned by a private company.

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley rocketed to space Saturday afternoon aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, en route to the International Space Station. Despite some initial weather concerns, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:22 p.m. EDT.