SpaceX, NASA begin first operational astronaut mission to space
NASA is calling the flight its first "operational" mission for a rocket and crew-vehicle system that was 10 years in the making.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.(photo credit: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS)ByREUTERS
