SpaceX and NASA Gear Up for Weather-Delayed Crew-8 Launch
Despite facing unfavorable weather conditions, SpaceX and NASA are now all set to take another shot at launching the Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The Crew-8 mission, composed of three American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut, was initially scheduled to take off on Saturday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Crew-8 mission is a collaboration between NASA and SpaceX. The mission's crew is comprised of commander Matthew Dominick, co-pilot Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin.
The crew is set to board the SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour, which will be launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Endeavour holds the record for being the spacecraft that has been used the most by SpaceX, with this bein...