Astronauts fly on private rocket - 3rd June 2020

This Falcon 9 rocket is made by SpaceX. On Saturday, 30th May, It took off from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

This was a historic flight. It took astronauts into space on a private rocket. The astronauts flew to the International Space Station.

Space X is owned by the billionaire Elon Musk.

NASA sent astronauts Robert Behnham and Douglas Hurley on the rocket. These experienced astronauts have flown space shuttles. They’d already been to the Space Station.

The flight lasted 19 hours. They were welcomed onto the International Space Station by other astronauts.