Liftoff! NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 Begins Journey to International Space Station

SpaceX?s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, lit up Florida?s night sky, as NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin, started their approximately 28-hour journey to the International Space Station on NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. Liftoff occurred at 10:53 p.m. EST.

At the time of launch, the space station is flying 260 statute miles over the southern Arabian Sea, southwest of India.

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Published: 2024-03-04 07:27