Alicia acuna, david spunt, Steve Harrigan and Mark Meredith. First we go to phil keating who is live from the Kennedy Space center in Cape Canaveral florida where just hours ago two nasa astronauts took off from american soil for the First Time Since 2011. Phil . The space x crew dragon space capsule is flying at near 17,000 milesanhour with two nasa astronauts on board, all aiming for the United States or the International Space station rendezvous which will happen tomorrow morning. Unlike wednesdays scrub, Mother Nature gave us blue skies, exactly what space x and nasa needed. Right on the mark the falcon nines engines ignited and space history was made as the rocket crew dragon capsule and the astronauts went up into space. Every step of the flight picture perfect. First and second stages burned out and the dragon was on its own. About 9 1 2 minutes after launch, the rocket came descending back down to earth nailing its up right landing on the drone ship out there in the atlantic. P