Updated: 6:21 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021 SpaceX is set for its third crew launch from the Brevard County coast an hour before sunrise Friday.Take a live look at the launch pad in the video player above. The journey is slated to begin at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral at 5:49 am ET.Four astronauts from three countries will embark on the third-ever crewed flight for Elon Musk s company, and the first from SpaceX to make use of a previously flown rocket booster and spacecraft.The astronauts were supposed to fly to the International Space Station on Thursday. But liftoff was delayed because of poor weather offshore. SpaceX s Dragon capsule requires calm waves and winds in case an emergency splashdown is needed on the climb to orbit.Friday s SpaceX launch will make use of the same rocket booster that powered the 2020 Demo-2 mission, as well as the same spacecraft, dubbed Endeavour. SpaceX has long made reusability a cornerstone of its business plan, hoping that recovering an
VIDEO: SpaceX launches 3rd crew in under a year Share Updated: 7:02 AM EDT Apr 23, 2021
VIDEO: SpaceX launches 3rd crew in under a year Share Updated: 7:02 AM EDT Apr 23, 2021
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 7:02 AM EDT Apr 23, 2021 SpaceX has launched its third crew in under a year for NASA, this time using a recycled rocket and capsule. A Falcon rocket carrying four astronauts blasted toward orbit early Friday morning from Central Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. The Dragon capsule should reach the International Space Station on Saturday. It’s the same capsule that carried up the first SpaceX crew last May. And the rocket hoisted the second crew in November. SpaceX founder Elon Musk met briefly with the U.S., French and Japanese astronauts before they headed to the launch pad. The astronauts were supposed to fly to the International Space Station on Thursday. But liftoff was delayed because of poor weather offshore. SpaceX s