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Manned Spaceflight Returns to Florida’s Space Coast, USA

US Human Spaceflight is again a reality on Florida’s Space Coast with the SpaceX Artemis Programs at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Space Shuttle Program ended in 2011 and since then, all manned missions were outsourced to Russia. Budgets and politics extended this drought of innovation and pride. Now SpaceX in partnership with NASA is putting Americans back in space, to the International Space Station, and beyond. The Artemis moonshot Program is nearly its test flight. Now as more private space companies flourish, the future is limitless.

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April 5, 2004 STS-131 Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery with water vapor trail visible on radar imagery and over Cinderella’s Castle. Banner images courtesy of NASA, Stormy Stitch, and Disney Parks Blog.