In first U.S. manned flight in nearly a decade, SpaceX aims to launch astronauts today

Hawthorne-based SpaceX will look to make aerospace history today when it attempts to launch two astronauts bound for the International Space Station, the first such crewed launch from American soil since the space shuttle program was retired nearly a decade ago.
“This is a unique moment where all of America can take a moment and look at our country do something stunning again, and that is launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil,” NASA Administrator Jim Bride