Spaceflight

A theocracy engulfed the supernation and authorities forbade spaceflight for generations.

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is on his third spaceflight and is in command of the orbiting lab.

This is SpaceX’s second spaceflight test of its Crew Dragon and its first test with astronauts aboard.

“Today a new era in human spaceflight begins as we once again launched American astronauts on American rockets from American soil on their way to the International Space Station, our national lab orbiting Earth,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

NASA's $19 billion proposed budget for 2011 reflects a more than a quarter-billion-dollar increase over this year's spending, with an additional $6 billion investment in science, aeronautics and spaceflight technologies during the next five years. It represents a shift toward greater investment in science, research and development that could lead to technological and aeronautic advancements.