SpaceX has one last hurdle — a launch abort test — before carrying two NASA astronauts in its Dragon capsule, possibly by spring. The company had been shooting for its first crew launch by the middle of next year. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...It’s been nearly nine years since NASA astronauts have launched from the U.S. Since then, NASA astronauts have travelled to and from the space station via Kazakhstan, courtesy of the Russian Space Agency. Last April, a SpaceX crew capsule — the same one that flew to the space station a month earlier — exploded during a ground test.

Source: thestar December 20, 2019 19:05 UTC