Russian space agency says SpaceX launch 'should have happened long ago,' describes Trump praise as 'hysteria'

"The hysteria raised after the successful launch of the [SpaceX] Crew Dragon spacecraft is hard to understand," Vladimir Ustimenko, a spokesperson for Roscosmos, wrote on Twitter, referring to Trump's statement.

"What has happened should have happened long ago. Now it's not only the Russians flying to the ISS, but also the Americans. Well that's wonderful!" he added. NASA had relied on Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, to transport American astronauts to the ISS since the U.S. space agency's final space shuttle flight in 2011. Since then, the U.S. had been working with SpaceX and Boeing to end its reliance on Russia for transport into space.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Crew Dragon spacecraft attached takes off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 30 in Cape Canaveral, FloridaOn Saturday, SpaceX, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk, successfully launched to astronauts from a NASA launchpad in Florida, which previously served as the launch point for the historic Apollo and space shuttle missions. The Crew Dragon attached to the Falcon 9 rocket took off at 3:22 p.m.

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