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SpaceX launches first US astronaut mission numbered 13 since Apollo era
Original: SpaceX just launched the 1st US astronaut mission to embrace the 'unlucky' number 13 since the Apollo era
SpaceX has launched the first United States astronaut mission to carry the number 13 since the Apollo era, a designation long avoided because of superstition around the number. The flight marks a notable break from the tradition of sidestepping 'unlucky' mission numbering in American human spaceflight, and it has drawn attention as a symbolic as well as technical milestone for commercial crew operations.
Why now: The mission breaks a decades-long superstition of avoiding the number 13 in US human spaceflight naming.
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