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At 27,000 kilometers an hour, the SpaceX rocket arrived in space | Photo gallery

It is the beginning of a new era in space. The second attempt SpaceX’s private company rocket launched with two astronauts from the US space agency NASA on board.

It was the first time that the United States had turned to a private company to put astronauts into orbit. An important step towards fulfilling the mission of “commercializing space”.

O rocket Falcon 9 departed from platform 39 of the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, in the USA, at 20:22 (continental Portugal time) this Saturday. At 27,000 kilometers an hour, the SpaceX rocket arrived in space. Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken are due to arrive on Sunday at the International Space Station (ISS).

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