During the launch, astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker of NASA, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch into space on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. They’ll then complete the 248-mile journey to the International Space Station, where they’ll dock, joining NASA straonut Kate Rubins and Roscosmos’ Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. NASA said: “Following the launch, the Crew-1 astronauts are scheduled to arrive at the space station for a six-month science mission aboard the orbiting laboratory.”(Image: NASA)This is a historic launch, according to NASA. (Image: REUTERS)Back in May, astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were launched to the International Space Station on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. While astronauts are regularly launched from Earth to the International Space Station, these launches don’t usually take place in the US.

Source: Daily Mirror September 29, 2020 13:34 UTC