A Mission Of Many Firsts
It was a mission that broke many milestones. This was the first time that an American space mission used the Gulf of Mexico as a landing location. Aside from that, this was also the first time that American astronauts launched from home soil and into space since 2011. That was the year that the United States retired the space shuttle program. If you ask us, its most significant achievement was its commercial aspect. It is possible that it contributed to the threats faced by the astronauts on the way back home.
A Mission Of Many Firsts
The First Private Company To Do So
SpaceX made history as the first private company to launch astronauts into orbit. While it was indeed conducted with the help of the Commercial Crew Program of NASA, SpaceX developed all the hardware used here. It is no surprise that company president Gwynne Shotwell called the mission “extraordinary.”
The First Private Company To Do So