NASA hails SpaceX’s ‘beautiful’ Crew-6 astronaut launch

SpaceX just sent another batch of astronauts toward the International Space Station (ISS), and NASA couldn’t be happier. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:34 a.m. EST (0534 GMT) on Thursday (March 2), kicking off SpaceX’s four-person Crew-6 flight for NASA. The launch went off without a hitch, and it was easy on the eyes as well. “Wow, what a beautiful launch!” Kathy Lueders, NASA’s human spaceflight chief, said in a news conference on Thursday morning, about two hours after liftoff. “We’ve been…

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SpaceX Crew-6 astronaut mission: Live updates

Refresh 2023-03-02T06:15:58.800Z NASA, SpaceX to hold post-launch press conference With SpaceX’s Crew-6 Dragon in orbit, NASA has ended its live broadcast but you can still follow along with a live audio feed from NASA on YouTube (opens in new tab). The live mission audio is accompanied by video views from the International Space Station. At about 2:30 a.m. EST (0730 GMT), NASA and SpaceX will host a post-launch press conference to discuss today’s launch. It will be webcast live on NASA TV and on the Space.com homepage. Participants in the…

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SpaceX launches Crew-6 astronaut mission to space station for NASA

SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission for NASA launched early Thursday morning (March 2) with a complement of four astronauts, on course to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) in a little over 24 hours.  A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:34 a.m. (0534 GMT) on Thursday, launching SpaceX’s ninth crewed flight to date, and the fourth for the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour. Riding Endeavour is an international crew that will replace the four Crew-5 astronauts currently inhabiting the ISS.  Roaring…

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