Engineer, industrial designer and technology entrepreneur Elon Musk finally made his dream come true when his company SpaceX successfully managed to send two astronauts into space in their very own rocket ship earlier today. 

What makes this achievement so special is that it opens the doors to the possibility of commercial space travel and a completely new era of space exploration, the very reason why Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies Corp 18 years ago. 

The blast-off took place without a winkle in execution and the National Aeronautics and Space Administrationâs (NASAâs) Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken rode off into the sky. 

Images from the launch have ever since been making rounds on social media and have the viewers in complete awe of how majestic it appeared: 

Falcon 9 lifts off from historic Launch Complex 39A and sends Crew Dragon to orbit on its first flight with @NASA astronauts to the @space_station pic.twitter.com/UOoaKiQaFk

â SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 31, 2020

NASA also shared recorded footage of the two astronauts from inside the âEndeavourâ capsule, before Bob and Doug gave us a tour of their fancy spacecraft which is currently en route to the International Space Station, where the two will spend between 1-4 months as a part of this mission. 

Welcome aboard the @SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft!

In this video from space, @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug reveal the name of their capsule: Endeavour. Take a look inside as the crew continues their journey to the @Space_Station: https://t.co/K9S5mejONx pic.twitter.com/mvH8UhE5FW

â NASA (@NASA) May 31, 2020

And while Musk may have taken a giant leap towards realising his dream of populating foreign planets, the common people of Twitter couldnât help but show their jealousy towards those who got the opportunity to leave Earth on the spaceship in such horrible times. 

super jealous of these SpaceX astronauts leaving earth right now, talk about timing.

â ððððð â½ (@becccasky) May 30, 2020

https://t.co/T2HOUnAdid

Good call leaving earth. ð½

â Magi-Carlos (@CtotheARLOS) May 31, 2020

Riots everywhere and people leaving earth. Wtf is going on. Wait for me....

â Just Looking (@JustLoo29276504) May 30, 2020

Lowkey jealous of those astronauts that got to leave earth today, congrats @SpaceX

â Ronak Patel ⢠(@_patel4k) May 31, 2020

Saw this on Instagram and had to steal! Haha!! Iâm definitely jealous of them!! ð¼ #2020 #nasa #spacex pic.twitter.com/cFJvWsks3j

â Michelle C Bush (@michelleCbush) May 31, 2020

Other than the coronavirus pandemic taking over the world, causing people their lives and livelihood and pushing them into poverty, the US is also battling racism and police brutality. Ever since the horrible death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests and riots have flooded the country which takes pride in being called âthe land of the free and the home of the brave.â 

Dude brought a bow to SLC riots, got taken out. pic.twitter.com/K58QpwBDkU

â Garth Mortensen (@voldemortensen) May 31, 2020

Itâs not just America that has been fighting the demons of their backyard. India too is struggling from the locust attack, ruing the crops of farmers from states such as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Heartbreaking stories of people losing their loved ones are making headlines every single day. Many are resorting to crime just to fill their stomach. 

A man broke into a roadside eatery in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district to steal food as the coronavirus-induced lockdown had left him famished https://t.co/tz8U3LyUZ7

â SK Iyer (@iyer_sk) May 31, 2020

Given the situation, their envy towards the two astronauts away from this toxic planet is completely understandable.

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