Liftoff! We have a successful launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon beginning a new era of human spaceflight. For the first time in history, a commercially-built and operated American crew spacecraft and rocket has launched from American soil and is on its way to the International Space Station. This is a major step towards launching astronauts from the U.S. for the first time since the Space Shuttle Program ended in 2011. The next mission for Crew Dragon will be carrying NASA Astronauts. | NASA's Jo