Making History - Earth.com

SpaceX worked with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to make the first commercial space mission possible. In a year full of tragedy, Americans could delight in the achievement of sending people into space. A lot was riding on the success of their May launch date. After all, SpaceX has promised lofty plans — but they had to wait. Photo Credit: Getty Images / David McNew / Stringer

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