The Falcon-9 launches NASA's Crew-7 mission into space. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center this morning at 3:27AM ET, NASA announced today. The rocket pushed four astronauts on NASA's Crew-7 mission into orbit before a scheduled Sunday morning dock with the International Space Station (ISS). The mission brings astronauts from four countries to the ISS Jasmin Moghbeli of NASA, the European Space Agency's Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furakawa, and Konstantin Borisov, a Russian cosmonaut. When the Dragon spacecraft named Endurance autonomously docks with the ISS, it will bring the station's crew number up to 11 for a few days until board the capsule and return to Earth in a few days. "Aboard station," says NASA. Continue reading…
SpaceX launches 11th crewed mission as it heads to the International Space Station
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SpaceX launches multinational crew on mission to International Space Station
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