New era: SpaceX starts regular astronaut trips to space station with Crew-1 launch

NASA and SpaceX launched a new era in the American space industry on Sunday with the liftoff of Crew-1, the first operational crew mission aboard the Dragon spacecraft. The mission marks the return of regular astronaut trips to and from the International Space Station from U.S. soil and sets the stage for NASA's ambitions to return to the moon and explore Mars and beyond. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon lifted off at 7:27 pm Eastern time from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space…