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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Operational with Liftoff of Crew-1

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Operational with Liftoff of Crew-1

The skies over Florida’s Space Coast lit up as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocketed from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center sending four astronauts to the International Space Station. After they arrive, the orbiting laboratory will be staffed for the first time by seven astronauts and cosmonauts increasing the amount of time available for research and additional opportunities for discoveries.

Crew-1 Mission Brings Space Station Staffing to Seven

Crew-1 Mission Brings Space Station Staffing to Seven

The upcoming Crew 1 mission not only marks the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon, the four astronauts aboard will – for the first time — bring the International Space Station’s staffing from six to seven. Launch to the orbiting laboratory is set to take place at 7:49 p.m. EST on Nov. 14, 2020.