SpaceX has the go-ahead from NASA to launch another crew of astronauts next weekCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX is gearing up for its third astronaut launch in under a year, after getting the green light from NASA a week ahead of next Thursday’s planned flight. They will spend six months at the orbiting lab, replacing another SpaceX crew that’s close to coming home. This will be the first crew flight using a recycled Falcon and Dragon. The rocket was used to launch the current station crew last November from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. For nearly a decade, the only route to the space station for astronauts was on Russian rockets.

Source: ABC News April 15, 2021 22:50 UTC