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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Crew Dragon capsule, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Saturday, May 30, 2020. The SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first crewed launch of an orbital spaceflight from the U.S. in nearly a decade.

NASA astronauts arrive at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX vehicle for the first time

May 31, 2020 at 2:56 p.m.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule eased its way to the International Space Station on Sunday morning, autonomously docking and marking the first time an American commercial capsule with humans aboard performed...

The Space X Falcon 9 rocket carrying two astronauts in the Crew Dragon capsule sits on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Wednesday, May 27, 2020, as the countdown clock shows the time it was stopped because the launch was scrubbed due to weather. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

SpaceX and NASA launch two astronauts from the U.S. for the first time in 9 years

May 31, 2020 at 12:52 p.m.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — America's triumphant return to human spaceflight looked like this Saturday: A commercial rocket cutting through clear blue skies with cheers erupting along the Space Coast. SpaceX's...

SpaceX Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are driven to the launch complex at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Afternoon thunderstorms are a concern for the scheduled launch time at 4:33pm of the Space X Falcon 9 carrying the two astronauts in the Crew Dragon capsule. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

NASA and SpaceX delay their historic astronaut launch to Saturday afternoon due to bad weather

May 27, 2020 at 5:09 p.m.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Incessant rain and even a tornado warning earlier in the day were eventually too much for the teams at SpaceX and NASA, which postponed the return...

The Space X Demo-2 Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule (far left), lies horizontal at Launch Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Tuesday, May 26, 2020. SpaceX Demo-2 is scheduled to launch Wednesday at 4:33pm. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)

NASA and SpaceX prepare to make history with first astronaut launch in 9 years as nation watches

May 27, 2020 at 11:54 a.m.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Space is hard. Hundreds of thousands of individual pieces put together through years of work by thousands of people across the country have to come together...

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket streaks across the horizon at dawn in this view from the St. Johns River, east of Sanford, Fla., Friday, December 20, 2019. The rocket was carrying Boeing s Starliner crew capsule toward the International Space Station on an unpiloted test flight and was visible along the U.S. east coast.

Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of its astronaut capsule before troubled mission, ‘surprising’ NASA safety panel

February 27, 2020 at 1:32 p.m.

In the weeks since Boeing flew its astronaut capsule on an ill-fated demo flight, questions about the company's testing procedures prior to the mission have started to emerge — putting...

SpaceX hit several major milestones with a launch of its next cluster of Starlink Internet satellites on Monday morning, Nov. 11, 2019 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station s launch complex 40.

Astronomers say SpaceX’s satellites are too bright in the sky. Friday’s launch will try to fix that

January 2, 2020 at 2:04 p.m.

They were seen sparkling across the skies of Montana right around Christmas: a tidy row of lights that some mistook to be UFOs. The glowing celestial train has been spotted...

Disney workers head toward the employee parking lot after hopping off a bus from the Magic Kingdom.

Orlando hotel taxes don’t pay for roads or housing like in other cities. One reason: Disney and Universal’s political power

July 25, 2024 at 2:47 p.m.

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Eric Clinton, president of Local 362, left, and Jeremy Haicken, president of Local 737, represent 26,000 of the area's hospitality workers.

In a theme park parking lot at night, a worker sleeps in her car. This is life in America’s most visited city

July 25, 2024 at 2:49 p.m.

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