Morning news brief: NASA resumes human spaceflight, G7 Summit postponed and more
WION Web Team
New Delhi, InidaUpdated: May 31, 2020, 09:52 AM IST
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020. Photograph:(Reuters)
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