Four astronauts headed to International Space Station after Crew-8 launch from Kennedy Space Center Sunday
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Four astronauts headed to International Space Station after Crew-8 launch from Kennedy Space Center Sunday

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.

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.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule with a crew of four on a mission to the International Space Station lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

John Raoux

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule with a crew of four on a mission to the International Space Station lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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.

In this image taken from NASA video, commander Matthew Dominick, bottom right, and pilot Michael Barratt launch toward the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule on Sunday, March 3, 2024, from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The crew of four will oversee the arrival of two new rocketships during their half-year stint. (NASA via AP)

NASA via AP

In this image taken from NASA video, commander Matthew Dominick, bottom right, and pilot Michael Barratt launch toward the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule on Sunday, March 3, 2024, from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The crew of four will oversee the arrival of two new rocketships during their half-year stint. (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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