A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a Dragon spacecraft Sunday for the Crew-8 mission headed to the International Space Station. [Courtesy: SpaceX]
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SpaceX successfully launched its Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday evening, carrying three NASA astronauts and one Roscosmos cosmonaut.
The mission, NASA's eighth commercial ISS crew rotation, was delayed twice from its initial Friday schedule due to high winds.
Upon arrival on Tuesday, the Crew-8 members will conduct over 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations, overlapping with the existing Crew-7 before their return to Earth.
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.
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