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Space X Launches New Test Rocket

02/03/2019 GMT

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Successful launch of rocket that could pave the way for manned flights

Successful launch of rocket that could pave the way for manned flights.

US has just taken a major step towards flying its own astronauts into space once again.

Working alongside NASA, the California firm Space X has launched a new rocket and capsule system, which, if it works well, will be approved to carry people. Routine crew missions to the space station could start later this year.

Also in the programme: Albania’s ‘poor cuisine’ food revolution. 

(Picture: Space X Falcon 9 rocket with the company"s Crew Dragon spacecraft illuminated on the launch pad on 1st March 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Joel Kowsky/NASA/ AFP)

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