SpaceX is set to launch its third crew to the International Space Station early Friday, reusing a rocket and crew capsule in a human mission for the first time. The Crew-2 mission blasts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:49 a.m. Eastern Time (0949 GMT), after being delayed a…
SpaceX Launches Third Crew To ISS On Recycled Rocket By Issam AHMED
04/23/21 AT 6:17 AM
SpaceX launched its third crew to the International Space Station an hour before sunrise Friday, recycling a rocket and spacecraft for the first time.
The Crew-2 mission, the first involving a European, blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:49 am Eastern Time (0949 GMT). Endeavour launches once again four astronauts from three countries on Crew-2, now making their way to the one and only International Space Station, announcer Gary Jordan said to loud cheers and applause. The Crew-2 mission blasts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:49 am Eastern Time (0949 GMT) on April 23, 2021, after being delayed a day by adverse weather along the flight path Photo: AFP / Gianrigo MARLETTA
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New NASA-SpaceX crewed mission lifts off for ISS 2 minutes read
Miami, Apr 23 (EFE).- NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Friday successfully launched their second operational crewed mission to the International Space Station.
Four astronauts from the United States, France and Japan were sent into orbit from Merritt Island, Florida, as part of the so-called Crew-2 mission and will relieve four Crew-1 members who had been transported to the ISS in November.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 5.53 am local time from the Kennedy Space Center carrying one of the company’s Crew Dragon capsules that is now en route to that microgravity laboratory, where seven other astronauts already are stationed.