WATCH LAUNCH REPLAY: SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Carrying NASA Astronauts Has Safely Reached Orbit

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WATCH REPLAY: The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and mission specialist Jeanette Epps along with Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station has safely reached orbit, and the nosecone has opened.

WATCH LIVE: Watch live with us as a crew of four launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is targeted at 10:53 p.m. EST (0353 UTC), Sunday, March 3.

SpaceX and NASA are targeting no earlier than Saturday, March 2 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s eighth operational human spaceflight mission (Crew-8) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 10:53 p.m. EST Sunday, March 3, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s Space Coast. (NASA image)

BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 10:53 p.m. EST Sunday, March 3, for the launch of the agency’s Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s Space Coast.

The launch attempt March 2 was postponed due to unfavorable conditions in the flight path of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.

Space Coast Daily, via NASA, will provide coverage beginning at 6:45 p.m., on Sunday, March 3, of the upcoming launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station.

The Crew-8 launch will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the orbital laboratory.

The targeted docking time is about 3 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5.

NASA’s mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations):

Sunday, March 3:

■ 6:45 p.m. – Launch coverage begins
■ 10:53 p.m. – Launch

The Crew-8 launch will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the orbital laboratory. The targeted docking time is about 3 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5. (NASA image)

NASA’s eighth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endeavour spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The flight is the eighth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station, and the ninth flight of Dragon with people as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The crew will spend several months living and working aboard the orbiting laboratory before returning to Earth in the fall of 2024.

This will be the first launch for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket supporting this mission. The rocket will accelerate Dragon to an orbital velocity of 17,500 mph prior to the spacecraft’s separation and rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station. Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 first stage will land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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