The first private manned spacecraft in the United States, carrying two NASA astronauts, flew vigorously on the 30th (local time).

Founded by Tesla Chief Executive Officer (CE0) Elon Musk, SpaceX is a manned spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3:22 PM (4:22 AM Eastern Time, Korea Time). Crew Dragon 'was launched, according to foreign media such as AP.

Manned spacecraft have been launched in the United States for nine years.

SpaceX, a private company, launched the manned spaceship for the first time and became the main character to announce the opening of the civilian space exploration era.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket with crew dragons screamed and left the Kennedy Space Center's 39A launcher and headed into space.

The 39A launch pad holds the history of the glory of launching the manned spacecraft Apollo 11, the first human to land on the moon in 1969.

Crew Dragon is aboard NASA's astronauts Douglas Hurley (53) and Robert Benken (49), who will dock at the International Space Station (ISS) floating over 400 km after 19 hours.

Hurley is responsible for launching and returning the Crew Dragon, while Benken is responsible for the docking mission.

If they successfully settle in the ISS, they will stay in the ISS for a short period of 1 month and a long period of 4 months, and perform research tasks.

Both are veteran aviators with NASA's experience in flying the space shuttle.

In particular, Hurley set a record for the first manned flight of Crew Dragon, which opened the era of civilian space exploration, after boarding the Atlantis, the last space shuttle in the United States in July 2011.

Crew Dragon was converted from SpaceX's cargo ship into a manned spacecraft, with a maximum capacity of seven, but only two astronauts this time.

The Crew Dragon is operated by a touch screen rather than a button, unlike previous manned spacecraft, and astronauts wore sleek space suits tailored to Crew Dragon seats.

The launch is expected to provide an opportunity for the United States, which has been hit hardest by the new Coronavirus Infectious Disease (Corona19), to show off its world-class science and technology and to show off its wounded pride.

The U.S. had sent its own astronaut to space in Russia's Soyuz spacecraft after ending NASA's space shuttle program in 2011.

NASA has emphasized the launch, saying that "an American astronaut is shot on an American rocket and launched from the American ground."

"Everybody can look up at the sky and say, 'Look, the future is brighter than the present,'" said NASA Director Jim Brydenstein. "The launch of the day will inspire the world."

President Donald Trump visited the Kennedy Space Center that day and watched the launch scene.

President Trump said he was "incredible" after seeing the launch at the scene.

(Yonhap News, photo = Getty Image Korea)