NASA and SpaceX make history with the successful launch of astronauts to the International Space Station. LIVE UPDATES:
3:48 p.m.: 'So proud': Jim Bridenstine reacts to launch"For the first time in nine years, we have now launched American astronauts on American rockets from American soil. I'm so proud of the @NASA and @SpaceX team for making this moment possible," Bridenstine tweeted.The Falcon 9 booster has landed, making it the first Falcon 9 to carry humans to orbit, according to NASA.3:31 p.m.
The news of a"go" for weather is a welcome development after the conditions were touch-and-go throughout the morning.The launch has not been scrubbed, but there is a no-go because of weather right now.Storm clouds pass over the Vehicle Assembly Building as a SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon capsule, sits on Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 30, 2020.
In this still image taken from NASA TV, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are strapped in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their launch to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020.SpaceX confirmed Saturday morning that its launch is going ahead as planned
If all goes well Saturday, it will be the first time Musk's private space firm, SpaceX, will launch a human crew. It will also mark the first time in nearly a decade the U.S. has launched American astronauts from U.S. soil, ending an expensive reliance on Russia for seats to space.
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