Falcon 9 Rocket Static Fire Test & Launch Update | NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission

Falcon 9 Rocket Static Fire Test & Launch Update | NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Mission

SpaceX and NASA are now targeting no earlier than March 2, 2024, at 11:16 p.m. ET for launch of Crew-8 to the International Space Station due to high winds in the ascent corridor. Teams will continue to keep an eye on weather. 

Follow updates here: → http://spacex.com/launches

Four Commercial Crew members are preparing for their launch to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. Commander Matt Dominick (NASA), Pilot Mike Barratt (NASA), and Mission Specialists Jeanette Epps (NASA) and Alexander Grebenkin of Roscosmos (Russia).

Learn more about the SpaceX Crew-8 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/nasas-spacex-crew-8/ 

    

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program works with the American aerospace industry to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the orbital outpost on American-made rockets and spacecraft launching from American soil.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)

Image Date: Feb. 27, 2024

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