NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Successfully Launches After Delays

The international crew will conduct more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations at the space outpost.

Kimberly Johnson

Monday, March 04, 2024 at 11:53 AM ET

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a Dragon spacecraft Sunday for the Crew-8 mission headed to the International Space Station. [Courtesy: SpaceX]

Key Takeaways:

The SpaceX Crew-8 mission successfully launched three NASA astronauts and one Roscosmos cosmonaut to the International Space Station (ISS).
The launch, NASA's eighth commercial ISS crew rotation, occurred Sunday evening from Florida after two prior delays due to high winds.
Onboard the Dragon *Endeavour* spacecraft, the crew will conduct over 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations.
The Crew-8 spacecraft is scheduled to autonomously dock with the ISS on Tuesday, briefly overlapping with the existing Crew-7 astronauts.

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Three NASA astronauts and a Roscosmos cosmonaut on board a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft were successfully launched by a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday evening.

The mission, dubbed Crew-8, lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:53 p.m. EST, marking NASA’s eighth commercial ISS crew rotation.