NASA Is Going To Deep Space

SpaceX Rocket Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with four private citizens onboard, lifts off in this time-exposure photo from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, Fla John Raoux/Associated Press
SpaceX Rocket Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with four private citizens onboard, lifts off in this time-exposure photo from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-A, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, Fla John Raoux/Associated Press

NASA Is Going To Deep Space

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Commercial space companies like Blue Origin and SpaceX are launching astronauts into low orbit, freeing up NASA to pursue ambitious voyages into deep space.

GUEST: Christian Davenport, Washington Post space reporter