Four crew members are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night. This successful launch followed two nights of rescheduling.The launch was scrubbed on Saturday night due to weather, according to reports from sister station WESH. The four crew members of Crew-8 got all the way through the suiting process before the launch was called off. On Friday, officials scrubbed the original launch — also because of weather and high winds.After the launch, the Falcon 9 booster returned to Cape Canaveral once it got the crew Dragon capsule on its way to the International Space Station. People in the area were able to hear a sonic boom approximately seven and a half minutes after liftoff. About the launch: This is Endeavor’s 5th mission to the International Space Station. It’s all part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program learning from each mission.”The teams comb through the data both SpaceX and NASA, making sure we catch everything. Was there anything a little weird? Did everything operate the way we thought they would? We have been able to build on everything, on that knowledge in the now nine crewed missions getting ready to launch,” said Carla Koch from NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.The four on the crew have been preparing for the launch and arrived at the Kennedy Space Center last Sunday.Commander Matthew Dominick — a Navy test pilot on his first space mission — is Crew-8’s commander.Veteran astronaut and medical doctor Michael Barratt is on his third space mission. NASA’s mission specialist Jeanette Epps worked at the CIA before becoming an astronaut. Russian Alexander Grebenkin served in his country’s air force.The crew will be busy during their six months on the International Space Station.They’ll be doing 200 science experiments from digging into the impact of long-term microgravity on the human body to growing stem cells in space.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. —

Four crew members are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday night.

This successful launch followed two nights of rescheduling.

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The launch was scrubbed on Saturday night due to weather, according to reports from sister station WESH. The four crew members of Crew-8 got all the way through the suiting process before the launch was called off. On Friday, officials scrubbed the original launch — also because of weather and high winds.

After the launch, the Falcon 9 booster returned to Cape Canaveral once it got the crew Dragon capsule on its way to the International Space Station. People in the area were able to hear a sonic boom approximately seven and a half minutes after liftoff.

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About the launch:

This is Endeavor’s 5th mission to the International Space Station. It’s all part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program learning from each mission.

NASA via AP

“The teams comb through the data both SpaceX and NASA, making sure we catch everything. Was there anything a little weird? Did everything operate the way we thought they would? We have been able to build on everything, on that knowledge in the now nine crewed missions getting ready to launch,” said Carla Koch from NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The four on the crew have been preparing for the launch and arrived at the Kennedy Space Center last Sunday.

Commander Matthew Dominick — a Navy test pilot on his first space mission — is Crew-8’s commander.

Veteran astronaut and medical doctor Michael Barratt is on his third space mission. NASA’s mission specialist Jeanette Epps worked at the CIA before becoming an astronaut. Russian Alexander Grebenkin served in his country’s air force.

The crew will be busy during their six months on the International Space Station.

They’ll be doing 200 science experiments from digging into the impact of long-term microgravity on the human body to growing stem cells in space.

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