Space Taxis
over 5 years in Washington Post
America is getting ready to launch astronauts back into space on vehicles made in the USA. This time, private firms will provide the ride. Since its space shuttle program ended in 2011, NASA has depended on Russia to ferry American astronauts to the International Space Station. That is scheduled to change on May 27, when Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plans to launch a manned mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Musk’s company, known as SpaceX, and Boeing Co. a
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