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The first all-civilian crew to be sent into Earth's orbit enters the Dragon Crew capsule atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which is launching from NASA's Kennedy Center in Florida. Chris Sembroski, Dr Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux ride Tesla vehicles to the launch pad and take in the view before getting strapped into the capsule. IMAGES
Blue Origin successfully carried out a test of the escape system of its New Shephard rocket, in the west Texas desert on Wednesday. The spacecraft is intended for use by civilians wishing to travel to the edge of space.The system was devised to bring passengers safely back down to earth if a failure occurs inflight. Blue Origin is set to offer space tourism services by 2018.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket makes a successful second attempt on Thursday, blasting off for the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space. Space has remained a rare venue of cooperation between Moscow and Washington since the Russian offensive in Ukraine placed them in sharp opposition. While aboard the ISS, the Crew-6 members will conduct dozens of experiments including studying how materials burn in microgravity and researching heart, brain and cartilage functions. IMAGES
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launches the USSF-44 mission to orbit from a launch complex at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. IMAGES
SpaceX launches a Dragon capsule for a NASA mission to the International Space Station, carrying Americans Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as Italian Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency. IMAGES
The International Space Station's hatch opens for the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, welcoming four astronautsm Raja Chari, Kayla Barron, Tom Marshburn and Matthias Maurer. They are kicking off a six-month stay on the orbiting outpost. IMAGES