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(AP) — America’s newest capsule for astronauts rocketed Saturday toward the International Space Station on a high-stakes test flight by SpaceX.The only passenger was a life-size test dummy, named Ripley after the lead character in the “Alien” movies. SpaceX needs to nail the debut of its crew Dragon capsule before putting people on board later this year.This latest, flashiest Dragon is on a fast track to reach the space station Sunday morning, just 27 hours after liftoff.It will spend five days docked to the orbiting outpost, before making a retro-style splashdown in the Atlantic next Friday — all vital training for the next space demo, possibly this summer, when two astronauts strap in.SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk said the launch was “super stressful” to watch, but he’s hopeful the capsule will be ready to carry people later this year.“To be frank, I’m a little emotionally exhausted,” Musk told reporters barely an hour after liftoff. Shortly after liftoff, Musk asked them, “How do you feel about flying on it?”It’s been eight years since Hurley and three other astronauts flew the last space shuttle mission, and human launches from Florida ceased.NASA turned to private companies, SpaceX and Boeing, and has provided them $8 billion to build and operate crew capsules to ferry astronauts to and from the space station.

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