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SpaceX will be making history today with the launch of its Crew-1 spacecraft set to happen at 7:27 PM from Cape Canaveral, Florida. While SpaceX has already put astronauts into space, that was a test mission, and today’s launch will mark the first official commercial crew launch for NASA and…

The Crew-1 mission is the first operational flight for the Crew Dragon capsule.November 16, 2020, 1:36 AM• 7 min readFour astronauts launched into orbit on Sunday in the historic first operational flight for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA's commercial crew mission.This marks the second-ever crewed mission for…

What seemed impossible not long ago is now on the verge of becoming routine. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule successfully launched into orbit on Sunday night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, setting four astronauts on a course for the International Space Station (ISS). It’s the second crewed launch…

In Florida on Sunday, a rocket and capsule built by SpaceX is set to carry crew members to the International Space Station. The NASA mission follows on a successful demonstration of the same spacecraft that launched in May and returned two astronauts to Earth in August. Here’s what you need…

Four astronauts were poised to launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon “Resilience” to the International Space Station on Sunday, the first of what the US hopes will be many routine missions following a successful test flight in late spring. Three Americans — Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker —…

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Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceXJapanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has traveled to the International Space Station on a space shuttle and a Russian capsule. He’s now gearing up to launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship, becoming only the third person to…

On Sunday, four astronauts will embark on a six-month mission aboard the Falcon-9 rocket and “Resilience” spaceship. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will not be at the launch after announcing that he tested positive for the coronavirus.Nov. 14, 2020Read More

Home News Spaceflight Four astronauts are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Sunday (Nov. 15) for the first operational commercial crew flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, a mission called Crew-1. Before you tune into the live coverage on Space.com and NASA TV, we thought you'd like to…

1of12A mockup of the SpaceX crew capsule is seen on display in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, Nov. 13, 2020.John Raoux/APShow MoreShow Less2of12A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is…