SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Flew Over Nigeria On Way To Space Station (VIDEO)

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said the US SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on Saturday into space flew over Nigeria’s airspace on its way to Space Station.

In a video by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) posted on the minister’s Twitter page, a commentator could be heard saying the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket flew over Nigeria’s airspace.

“SpaceX just flew over Nigeria on its way to the Space Station,” Sirika said on Twitter on Monday night.

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Two veteran NASA astronauts headed for the International Space Station on Saturday after Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit, ushering in a new era in space travel.

SpaceX’s two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off flawlessly in a cloud of bright orange flames and smoke from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center for a 19-hour voyage to the space station.

Watch the video below…

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