SpaceX Rocket Ship Lifts Off With 2 Astronauts
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CBSLA) — Elon Musk's Hawthorne-based SpaceX and NASA on Saturday launched two astronauts to space on its SpaceX Dragon crew capsule.
Saturday's flight marked the first launch of astronauts into orbit by a private company and NASA's first human spaceflight from U.S. soil in about a decade, according to the Associated Press.
The astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken climbed into their capsule earlier Saturday and are bound for the International Space Station. The journey is expected to take about 19 hours. The liftoff occurred at 12:22 a.m. PST.
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