NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission that will send three astronauts and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station is set for launch at 12:04 a.m. Friday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The targeted docking time is about 7 a.m. on Saturday.
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The Crew-8 launch will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin.
As part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, the mission marks the eighth crew rotation mission and the ninth human spaceflight mission for NASA to the space station supported by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft since 2020. Endeavour is the name of this Dragon spacecraft.
Launch coverage begins on NASA TV at 8 p.m. Thursday with the launch scheduled for 12:04 a.m. Friday.