SpaceX, NASA 'go' to launch Crew-8 astronaut mission to ISS on March 1

A white SpaceX Endeavour Dragon capsule is mated to its Falcon 9 rocket ahead of a planned March 1, 2024 launch from NASA's Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canavera, Florida.SpaceX and NASA are officially go to launch their next astronaut mission to International Space Station this week, with its four-person crew arriving at their Florida launch site on Sunday . from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Liftoff is scheduled for March 1 at 12:04 a.m. EST .

Dominick will command the Crew-8 flight to the ISS with Barrett as pilot. Epps and Grekenkin are mission specialists. The mission is the first career spaceflight for all but Barrett on the Crew-8 team. NASA and SpaceX initially aimed to launch Crew-8 to the ISSFour Crew-8 astronauts in their blue NASA flight suits smile for a group photo after arriving at their launch site.on Sunday afternoon as they spend their final days on Earth ahead of launch.

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