SpaceX - Live
 

Sending its first full team of astronauts into space.

"The Commercial Crew SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew-1 launch marks the beginning of regular flights of astronauts from America to the International Space Station, a program that provides safe and reliable trips to the ISS, allowing for additional research and discovery. Vice President and Second Lady are expected to attend the viewing of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Mission Launch.

The Crew-1 flight will carry Crew Dragon Commander Michael Hopkins, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Shannon Walker, all of NASA, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, to the ISS for a six-month science mission."

...hhhhmmm...unless they have a space station or two to stop at going to Mars etc and have a relay rockets to serve them ,with supplies ,etc it will be hard to land any one on Mars and get them to return...the wonder is as to how long the astronauts would be on Mars itself....lol...just to get a few samples of rock would hardly make it worth while...perhaps sending vehicles etc to Mars and even supplies before hand would be the way to get there and do some thing worth while..:headbanger::headbanger::popcorn::coffee:

What a shame that as a nation we are not longer exploring, and that all this has to become privatized.

But I support exploration, and science, so I'm still thrilled to see it.

Very cool.