An unmanned Crew Dragon rocket launched by SpaceX from Florida to the International Space Station early Saturday. Elon Musk’s company has already made several supply runs to the station for NASA. But proving that SpaceX can safely fly humans is key to the company\u2019s ambitions for space tourism and creating a human colony on Mars. \u201cHuman spaceflight is a core value of our business,\u201d Hans Koenigsmann, vice president of build and flight reliability for SpaceX, said at a pre-launch press briefing with NASA Thursday. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working on this for close to 17 years. I\u2019m actually humbled at being at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n
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