Live: SpaceX Sends NASA Astronauts to ISS for the First Time

Four astronauts will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX capsule. This flight

will be SpaceX's second crew launch for NASA and the first of its regular flights to the station. This would end the space agency's dependence on Russian rockets for crew flights.

The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Soichi Noguchi, is expected to launch from Florida on November 16 at 03:27 Moscow time.

You can watch the live broadcast of the mission,starting at 23:00 Moscow time. If all goes to plan and the mission is launched on time, four astronauts are expected to dock at the space station on Monday.

This flight was previously postponed - I wrote about it inTwitter NASA head James Bridenstine. According to him, the cause was onshore winds and restoration work. The launch has been rescheduled from November 15 to 16 and will take place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This is Crew Dragon's first operational mission. Previously, he made two demonstration flights, after which NASA certified SpaceX to organize the prompt delivery of astronauts to the ISS and back.

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