NASA launches 4 astronauts to the International Space Station

The three American astronauts and an Italian colleague from the European Space Agency will arrive at the International Space Station after a 17-hour flight.

  • 4 astronauts to the International Space Station

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company launched 4 more astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, including doctor-turned-astronaut and geologist specializing in landslides on Mars.

The launch vehicle, consisting of a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped by a Crew Dragon capsule called Freedom, and its four-man crew lifted off at 0752 GMT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

If all goes according to plan, the three American astronauts and an Italian colleague from the European Space Agency will arrive at the International Space Station after a 17-hour flight to begin a six-month science mission orbiting about 420 kilometers above Earth.

This is the fourth mission that NASA has launched to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX vehicle since the private rocket project founded by Musk, who is also the owner of Tesla, began flying with NASA astronauts in 2020.

In all, SpaceX has launched 6 human spaceflights over the past two years.

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.