Friday, April 16, 2021

SpaceX Gets Approval For Another Crew Launch On April 22nd

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has gotten approval to launch another crew into space for NASA, with a launch targeted for April 22nd. According to NASA, it has given the "go" for an April 22 launch from Launch Complex 39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The launch time is set for 6:11 a.m., with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and  Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. The four will travel to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour. The launch will be notable, as it will be the first time that astronauts will be sent to space on SpaceX craft which were used in prior launches; both the Falcon and Dragon craft have been used in prior crewed missions.

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