SpaceX Mission Marks New Era in Space Exploration

May 30th, 2020 — A new era of human spaceflight has begun, as this is the first time in human history NASA Astronauts have entered the ISS from a commercially-made spacecraft. Congratulations to all NASA and SpaceX experts, scientists and astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley, on the successful launch of the Dragon Crew Launch America rocket! They have shown the benefits of public-private partnerships with this step forward in commercial spaceflight. Would you choose to look at Earth from space? Here are some photos from the successful launch of the first manned Dragon Crew Demo-2 Mission before Bob and Doug arrived at the International Space Station. They have turned the impossible into reality, rewriting the history of manned space flights.

More photos from the flight can be found here: https://go.nasa.gov/2XiKGmV