SpaceX, NASA to launch 4 astronauts in Crew-12 mission
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NASA and SpaceX sent a crew to the International Space Station in the pre-dawn hours of Friday in the Florida coast’s first human spaceflight of the year.
By Steve Nesius and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida early on Friday with a crew of two U.S. NASA astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station for an eight-month science mission in microgravity.
SpaceX and NASA launched a new crew to the International Space Station on Friday, around one month after a previous crew had to be brought home early.
Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is accustomed to getting makeovers. It got another one Wednesday with the removal of the Crew Access Arm used by astronauts to board their rides to space.
The launch of NASA and SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station has been delayed to no earlier than Friday, Feb 13. Here's why.