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AVIATION
THE DAWN OF
PRIVATE
SPACE TRAVEL
E
arlier this year, the world
watched with rapt attention
as the first-ever astronauts
to travel into orbit aboard
a commercially developed spacecraft -
the SpaceX Crew Dragon - prepared to
return to earth after nearly two months
aboard the International Space Station
(ISS).
e first crewed mission to launch
from US soil in nearly a decade, as the
capsule splashed down off the coast of
Florida, the cheering was unanimous,
and the resounding success of the
mission signaled the true beginning of
a new chapter in human spaceflight.
Images
Courtesy
of
Axiom
By: Annabelle Frankl
