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The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft approaching the International Space Station for a docking, 17 November. Photograph: Nasa/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
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Space travel
In 2020 the race to space changed gear. The May launch of the SpaceX vehicle Crew Dragon was the first time a private vehicle had delivered astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). It was deeply impressive, but also featureless… sleek, white inner walls replaced the complex instrument panels of old, and it was clear that the two test pilots on board were mo