SpaceX Crew-2 reaches orbit, with Elon Musk's company launching 10 astronauts in under a year

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SpaceX launched another group of astronauts for NASA early on Friday morning, with Elon Musk's company now having sent 10 astronauts to space in under a year.

A Falcon 9 rocket carried the four astronauts to space in the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft named "Endeavour."

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew-2 mission astronauts, lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 23, 2021.SpaceX launched another group of astronauts for NASA early on Friday morning, withthe company's second operational mission for NASA The launch marked multiple new firsts for SpaceX, with the company reusing both a rocket and a capsule for the mission, as well as surpassing the total number of astronauts launched to space under the Mercury program that began in 1958.

 

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