SpaceX's Crew-8 takes off for ISS - Breaking The News

SpaceX's Crew-8 takes off for ISS

4 March

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Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and X Corporation Chairman Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its Crew-8 mission in what is the company's 13th manned orbital flight.

The four astronauts boarded the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Crew Dragon Endeavour, placed atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and left for the International Space Station (ISS).

The launch was delayed for a day due to poor weather conditions.

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