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NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are officially in space and lots of celebs are tweeting about the rocket launch.

NASA teamed up with SpaceX for the first manned mission since the end of the United States’ Space Shuttle program in 2011 and it also marks SpaceX’s first-ever crewed mission. (See photos of the astronauts from moments before the launch!)

Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ellie Goulding are among the stars who have tweeted about the launch.

Many people got emotional while watching the launch and you can read what people said below!

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Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are all suited up while saying goodbye to their families ahead of the NASA & SpaceX rocket launch on Saturday (May 30) at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

The two astronauts are going to space in the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft. This is NASA’s first manned mission since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 and it also marks SpaceX’s first-ever crewed mission.

The launch was supposed to happen earlier this week, but it was postponed due to weather just 17 minutes ahead of the planned launch.

The families had to stand at a distance while saying goodbye to Bob and Doug due to quarantine.

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The Launch America initiative is not moving forward as planned.

Just moments before the launch was set to begin, NASA called off what was set to be a historic mission on Wednesday (May 27) due to weather conditions, Variety reported.

Here’s what was set to happen, via NASA: “NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifting off on a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:33 p.m. EDT May 27, from Launch Complex 39A in Florida, for an extended stay at the space station for the Demo-2 mission. The specific duration of the mission is to be determined. As the final flight test for SpaceX, this mission will validate the company’s crew transportation system, including the launch pad, rocket, spacecraft, and operational capabilities. This also will be the first time NASA astronauts will test the spacecraft systems in orbit.”

However, because of “threatening weather conditions in Florida,” it was called off. They will make another attempt on Saturday (May 30) at 3:22 p.m. ET, weather permitting.

The mission is the first crewed launch in the history of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, and the first time NASA will be sending astronauts into space since 2011.

President Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence were among the VIPs in attendance at Kennedy Space Center.

This superstar sang the National Anthem just moments before the launch…

Elon Musk‘s company SpaceX launched a rocket this evening and it has Twitter freaking out!

The tech company launched 10 satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday night (December 22) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara, Calif.

The satellites will be a part of Iridium’s next generation global satellite constellation, Iridium® NEXT.

Many people didn’t know about the launch and suspected the mystery flying object was anything from a missile to a UFO, which led to some pretty frantic tweets.

More information and live footage of the launch can be found on SpaceX.com.

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