SpaceX and NASA have launched a group of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Crew-5 mission. The crew flew atop a Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Complex 39A on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 12:00:57 PM EDT (16:00:57 UTC).
With docking completed 29 hours later, the crew will spend approximately six months at the station, taking the places of the Crew-4 astronauts, who are set to make their return to Earth aboard Crew Dragon Freedom on Wednesday, Oct. 12.