Elon Musk gives SpaceX employees the day off after successful week of missions

Elon Musk gives SpaceX employees the day off after successful week of missions

Spacex founder Elon Musk celebrates after the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Crew Dragon spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center on May 30, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesSpaceX employees were given the day off on Friday, CNBC has learned, as a reward for a historic week that saw Elon Musk's space company pass a trifecta of milestones successfully.Officially titled "Crew Mission Holiday" according to people who spoke to CNBC, SpaceX gave its workforce the time off after the company's Crew Dragon capsule completed the historic NASA Demo-2 mission on Sunday. The two-month long test flight marked the first time SpaceX has flown people to space, as the capsule carried NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to and from the