NASA has certified Elon Musk's SpaceX to carry astronauts, ending its reliance on Russia
November 11, 2020 at 07:57 AM EST
NASA announced late Tuesday that it had certified SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket to carry U.S. astronauts to and from orbit, the first new craft to be certified by the agency "since the space shuttle nearly 40 years ago."
