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American crew spacecraft starts its unmanned test flight

Xinhua | Updated: 2019-03-02 18:14

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to launch a US Air Force navigation satellite, sits on Launch Complex 40 after the launch was postponed after an abort procedure was triggered by the onboard flight computer, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, Dec 18, 2018.[Photo/Agencies]

WASHINGTON - A SpaceX rocket launched an American spacecraft designed to fly astronauts to the International Space Station from the US soil Saturday morning for its unmanned debut flight.

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