[ad_1] Editor’s note: This version was updated on March 4, 2024 to fix the audio-only link toAnd change the image. An international crew of four reached orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 10:53 p.m. EST Sunday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX Crew 8 heads to the launch pad on Sunday. POT NASA and SpaceX aim to launch Crew-8 to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday night. The mission is currently being broadcast live on NASA TV, showing astronauts preparing for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here’s how to view coverage. … Read more
[ad_1] SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavor sits atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the launch of the Crew-8 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update at 8:00 pm EST: NASA and SpaceX are pulling out of the launch due to high winds along the ascent corridor. For the second time this … Read more
[ad_1] Update 7:41 a.m. Thursday: Overnight, NASA officials postponed the Crew-8 mission until 11:16 p.m. Saturday, citing strong winds and waves along the Dragon spacecraft’s flight path. Original story: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 is ready to launch on its six-month mission to the International Space Station, extending an ongoing legacy of low-Earth orbit that many Americans … Read more
[ad_1] In a recent update, NASA and SpaceX have announced a change to the launch date of the Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which is now aiming no earlier than February 22, 2024. This adjustment marks another crucial moment in the commercial. The Crew Program’s continued efforts to ensure safe, reliable and … Read more
[ad_1] Official portrait of SpaceX Crew-8 with Roscosmos cosmonaut and mission specialist Aleksandr Grebenkin, and pilot Michael Barratt, commander Matthew Dominick and mission specialist Jeanette Epps, all three NASA astronauts. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford POT and SpaceX Their goal is no earlier than Thursday, February 22, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-8 mission to International … Read more