On May 27, history was made with the attempted launch of the Crew Dragon, the first manned space mission of a private company. Led by billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, in partnership with the United States space agency, NASA, the ambitious project is also historic for other reasons. Among them: This was the first flight of American astronauts flying from their country since 2011. That year, the U.S. government program which financed the famous space shuttles of the past ended. Since then,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/_-pE5LNs72g/