How the SpaceX splashdown will change space exploration

For the first time a private company, Elon Musk's SpaceX, returned NASA astronauts to Earth after sending them into orbit. Their safe splashdown opens the door to private enterprise as a driving force in space tourism and exploration. Watch The National live on YouTube Sunday-Friday at 9 p.m. ET Subscribe to The National: /user/CBCTheNational Connect with The National online: Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thenational Twitter | https://twitter.com/CBCTheNational Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/cbcthenational More from CBC News | https://www.cbc.ca/news The National is CBC's flagship nightly news program, featuring the day's top stories with in-depth and original journalism, with hosts Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chang in Toronto, Ian Hanomansing in Vancouver and the CBC's chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton in Ottawa.

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