Watch SpaceX launch Crew-9, returning w/ the Boeing Crew!

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SpaceX's Crew-9 mission is the 9th operational flight under NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Launching NET September 28, 2024, it will be the first crewed launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This mission will transport NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov to the International Space Station (ISS) for a science mission known as Expedition 72, lasting approximately five months.

It was originally planned with a crew of four, but adjustments were made due to issues with the Boeing Starliner, reducing the crew size but maintaining the mission's critical objectives. Crew-9 represents a significant milestone as the first crewed mission from this launch pad and will conclude with a historic splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, introducing new operational procedures for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft as well as being nicknamed the "Boeing Rescue Mission" as it will be the mission that will return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the Boeing Crewed Flight Test.

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40:09 Russian translation: "I want to say thank you to Roscosmos, NASA and SpaceX for a successful launch of humans to orbit. Yet another successful launch.
I want to thank families and close ones for support. Thank you."

GreezyPlays-yb

I’ll never get over watching a booster land. I know it’s as routine as a sunrise nowadays…. But when I watch a landing, I cant help but think of how much went into getting a 135ft structure to land with such precision. From every valve and turbo pump…to each engine and every relight.. to the sensors, software and guidance system. Everything working in harmony to do something I never thought I’d ever see. It’s truly amazing and they continue to make it look so easy

kgsimracing

never gets old watching those boosters land

dont-want-no-wrench

When I was a child this was the only thing that mattered in life to every kid on earth.... I dreamed about NASA...

lynch

really sucks that a company like boeing can strand 2 people in space forcing the dragon crew to launch with 2 empty seats to bring them back, meanwhile the FAA is hammering spaceX with delays on starship for "safety" reasons when they are the ones who will be bringing those two stranded astronauts back from the station. Can't wait to watch launch 5 of starship, hopefully soon.

CRBenham

spacex have the bugs worked out of this now, imagine when they get to that point with starship.

dont-want-no-wrench

When the countdown voice sounds bored during a crewed launch, you know you are in the real space age.

andrasbiro

first crewed launch from SpaceX's workhorse pad SLC-40! What a show.
and next year we'll see these two guys come back with Butch and Suni.
Good thing the Florida weather cleared up just in time for liftoff, I thought we were in for a scrub.

clevergirl

Hey Tim, you have come a long way. Love that you still have such enthusiasm. . . The landing profile is dynamic; otherwise there would be no need for grid fins. Plus, the overall profile would have to be dynamic because the weather throughout the atmosphere is dynamic and not static.

ShawnRitch

Good to see Suni and Butch are about to have a lifeboat once again

CheapFlashyLoris

Thankfully the FAA didn’t cancel this flight because of an ant hill they found near the launch pad!!

chrisdavis-fljt

watching the booster land never gets old!! Moonbase Alpha and I expect to see an Eagle with Space X engines poking out the back. Go Space X.

bertruttan

Tim, they ended up only taking up one flight suit for Butch and Suni. They had one suit onboard the ISS that fit Suni well enough so they didn’t have to take one up for her.

Eastman

Congrats on getting mentioned in The Economist!

Grak

Tim Dodd - Space Industry's Walter Kronkite - Trusted by ALL, Passionate, Cutting Edge. Tim, thank-you. Now, expand into the international teams. You are the best source of unbiased, non-politicized information in the industry, and for that YOU are to be congratulated. Cheers from Texas.

TexasKid