Nasa and SpaceX to test rocket that will carry people to space

Nasa and SpaceX are about to launch a rocket that could mark the future of American spaceflight. The two organisations will team up to blast the Crew Dragon spacecraft, on the top of a Falcon 9 rocket, as part of a major test. For years, the US has been unable to launch its own astronauts to the space station or anywhere else – instead relying on Russia to do so for them – and has been waiting and hoping for private solutions to the problem.