SpaceX makes history by completing first private crew capsule mission

SpaceX’sCrew Dragon capsule has safely splashed down in the Atlantic, making it the first privately built crew-capable spacecraft ever to complete a mission to the International Space Station. It’s one of several firsts SpaceX plans this year, but Boeing is hot on its heels with a crew demonstrator of its own — and of course the real test is doing the same thing with astronauts aboard.
This mission, Demo-1, had SpaceX showing that its Crew Dragon capsule, an evolution of the ca