SpaceX has successfully test-launched a new space capsule... that could carry human astronauts into orbit. <br /> The American aerospace company's Crew Dragon capsule... lifted off early Saturday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida... atop a Falcon 9 rocket.<br />It's an important milestone for Elon Musk's private space firm and NASA's long-delayed goal... to resume human spaceflight from U.S. territory later this year.<br />The U.S. was left with no means to carry out manned space missions... since the Space Shuttle fleet was retired in 2011. <br />The unmanned, Crew Dragon capsule... is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Sunday,... and return to Earth sometime next Friday. <br />