SpaceX has successfully completed the first part of the historic flight to the International Space Station! This morning, around 10:16, they announced that the spacecraft had been successfully launched at the space station, a few minutes earlier than planned.
News like this makes everyone very enthusiastic as this is one of the most delicate and dangerous stages of the mission.
After a second test, two NASA astronauts set off on Saturday afternoon for the International Space Station, marking a new chapter for NASA after a nine-year hiatus.
The SpaceX private company rocket, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the journey to the International Space Station takes 19 hours.
10 minutes after launch, the first phase of the Falcon 9 rocket was separated from the rest and successfully landed on Earth to be used again. The second phase of the missile was then divided and the astronauts' capsule continued its journey to the International Space Station.
For billionaire Musk, this event marks a historic moment for multi-purpose rockets, which make flying to more tangible and less costly space. This is also the first time that a privately owned space vehicle, not NASA, has sent Americans into orbit around the Earth.
