{"id":24080,"date":"2024-03-03T00:40:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-spacex-has-launched-crew-8-mission-to-iss\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T00:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T16:40:22","slug":"nasa-spacex-has-launched-crew-8-mission-to-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-spacex-has-launched-crew-8-mission-to-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, SpaceX has launched Crew-8 mission to ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the second time in 2024, a collection of four humans is flying on a SpaceX rocket and capsule to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew of the Crew-8 mission launched successfully atop a Falcon 9 and Dragon Endeavour<\/em> from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, March 3 at 10:53 PM EST (03:53 UTC Monday, March 4).<\/p>\n

Upon their arrival at the ISS, the crew will begin their approximately six-month stay whilst taking over duties from the Crew-7 astronauts, who will make their return to Earth aboard the Dragon Endurance<\/em> spacecraft no earlier than March 9 following the handover period.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The crew complement for the latest Commercial Crew mission consists of three astronauts from NASA and a single cosmonaut representing the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Much like the Crew-3, Crew-5, and Crew-6 missions, three of the four fliers are first-timers with no previous spaceflight experience.<\/p>\n

Crew-8 will be commanded by astronaut Matthew Dominick, 42, of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Dominick was a U.S. Navy test pilot prior to his selection to NASA as part of the Group 22 astronaut class of 2017.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n