SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches crew to International Space Station

The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a Falcon 9 rocket topped with a Crew Dragon capsule dubbed Endurance lifted at noon EDT (1600 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre.

The crew should reach the International Space Station (ISS) about 29 hours later to begin a 150-day science mission aboard the orbital laboratory some 250 miles (420 km) above Earth.

The Crew-5 mission is notable for the inclusion of Anna Kikina, the lone female cosmonaut on active duty for the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and the only Russian yet to fly aboard an American spacecraft amid global tensions over the war in Ukraine. The last cosmonaut to ride a U.S. rocketship to orbit was in 2002 on a NASA space shuttle.

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[AntzWilkz]

Not only is this a great success for the SpaceX team it also ensures continuity without the need for the Russians.

[antoni-nvnj]

Finally a break from all the war matters.
Splendid launch and flight.

[REDTAPS]

for those wondering... THE EARTH IS ROUND!

[JimH]

Take note NASA. This is how its done. Innovation. Not the same crap for 50 yrs

[petermclelland]

At least they'll miss the power cuts.

[MatterSpace]

NASA needs to take a lesson from SpaceX. Their DART mission video the other day looked like it was from 1984. No wonder they always turn comments off. Hats off to SpaceX for showing the world how it's done once again.

[chienla]

Tên lửa đẩy SpaceX 9 đưa 4 phi hành gia lên trạm vũ trụ ISS. Xong quay về trái đất đáp đúng ngay điểm xuất phát. Quá xuất sắc !

[sleendrvr]

I wonder if a group of people cheered every time an automobile started moving when they were invented 😅
Settle da funk down, its so enthusiastic its making me cringe lol

[hunter-kqpu]

I guess bozos is watching from sidebar.

[mergawinabi]

How can they get to the main space station once they're in the outer space?

[pedrojoubert]

That's one heck of broomsticks 🤣🤣🤣 ja russia

[justsoup]

Don’t worry if you can’t afford food, the rich has a plan to save other people..!

[giamannguyen]

Hoaky lai nho ten lua nga nhieu nam:that sy nhuc nha trang: lai ko chu trong vao ko gian: de trung quoc bo xa

[jmatos]

aye nasa u need a ride to ur space station elon ?? aye elon u got us ya he gonna be charging government uber to go to there space station lol

[Shelorygod]

Boring! And that's how space flight should be, interesting means something wrong happened.

[gregsscubavids]

Clap, clap, clap. Musk minions celebrating while drinking the cool aid. Nothing new here. Ancient tech. Where’s the innovation?

[ancud]

because God loved the world so much that he gave his only son Jesus Christ for all mankind so that any man who believes in Jesus Christ may inherit eternal life through him if we confess our sins Jesus Christ is faithful and just to forgive us and only through Jesus can we inherit eternal lifeThe word is close to you: in your mouth and in your heart.” And this word is the word of faith, which we preach. 9 So if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For by believing in the heart righteousness is obtained, and by confessing with the mouth salvation is attained, 11 as the Scripture says: "Whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame."

[youngnutsack]

Silence all the Russian bots spamming “how will your Astronauts get to space” comments 🤣

[guitarstella]

apart from more damage to the planet, whats a russian doing onboard

[phucknuts.]

A bezos law suit is inbound (probably)