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SpaceX: The first private company to launch astronauts into space

2020-06-03
By: Zurika Raubenheimer
On: June 3, 2020
In: UPInternationalNews

  VASALYA MOODLEY On 30 May, aerospace company SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft from NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Centre. This launch, known as Demo-2, is the final test for the company’s human spaceflight system. The launch of the Crew Dragon capsule marks the send-off of astronauts from American soil in American technology into space for the first time in almost ten years. Using safe and advanced technology, SpaceX aims to further mankind’s knowledge of space exploration, and the Dragon mission is the first step towards reaching that goal. What makes this launch so historic is the fact that SpaceX is the first privately-ownedRead More →

South Africa and space exploration in 2020

2020-02-12
By: Jonathan Oladeji
On: February 12, 2020
In: UPInternationalNews, UPNationalNews, UPNews

Feliciana Nezingu Over the past decades, great strides were taken in space exploration advancements such as, the discovery by NASA of Kepler-452b, an exoplanet that is similar to earth and which shows potential to be habitable. This new decade promises ground-breaking prospects in the space industry. Virgin Galactic has announced plans to complete construction on their space planes and to begin test launches in 2020. SpaceX has been working on the “Crew Dragon” space shuttle over the past few years and the first crewed test flight is currently scheduled to take place during the first quarter of 2020. In 2020, NASA, China, the United ArabRead More →

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