SpaceX launches two NASA astronauts to spacefor the first time in historic US mission

SpaceX has begun  new chapter in the history of United States space flight.

Elon Musk's private space company on Saturday launched NASA (astronaut) Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into orbit, successfully (begin) SpaceX's first crewed mission.The company's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida 3∶22 p. m.ET.The capsule is the first (private) designed and built spacecraft (carry) astronauts to space and is bound for the International Space Station.

Beyond the achievement for SpaceX, the launch represents the first time NASA(launch) its own astronauts since the end of the space shuttle program nearly a decade ago.

"It was (incredibly), " NASA astronaut Bob Behnken said of the launch moments after the spacecraft reached orbit."Appreciate all the hard work and thanks for the great ride to space."

Known as Demo­2, the launch represents the culmination of SpaceX's work thus far. Musk   (found) the company in 2002 and has since declared its informal credo to be "making humanity a multi­planetary species." To date, SpaceX has launched dozens of satellites and spacecraft, before Saturday, it had never put a human in space.