Space X Launches New Test Rocket

US has just taken a major step towards flying its own astronauts into space once again.

Working alongside NASA, the California firm Space X has launched a new rocket and capsule system, which, if it works well, will be approved to carry people. Routine crew missions to the space station could start later this year.

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(Picture: Space X Falcon 9 rocket with the company"s Crew Dragon spacecraft illuminated on the launch pad on 1st March 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Joel Kowsky/NASA/ AFP)