Kjell Lindgren
SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets
SpaceX's debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA's grand plan for commercializing Earth's backyard.
Amateur astronauts, private space stations, flying factories, out-of-this-world movie sets this is the future the space agency is striving to shape as it eases out of low-Earth orbit and aims for the moon and Mars.
Rocket carrying Russian, Japanese, US crew docks with ISS
Astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States July 23 docked successfully with the International Space Station under six hours after they launched, NASA television showed.