15+ Spacex Crew 1 Launch Date Images. This final stretch check, conducted over the past few days after the crew dragon. Four astronauts reached orbit on a spacex rocket after lifting off from florida, in the company's first regular nasa mission to the international space station.

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The rocket lifted off from cape canaveral at 7:27pm et (0. Spacex launches two astronauts to orbit, igniting new spaceflight era. It's the first time a private company has launched astronauts into orbit.

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Last year, the company did a full dress rehearsal, successfully launching the crew dragon to the station the company must launch at that exact time or be forced to delay to the backup launch date, which is currently set for saturday, may 30th. Space xand those four nasa astronauts launching the first regular crew mission first regular taxi service if you will. Three us astronauts — victor glover, michael hopkins and shannon walker — will join soichi noguchi. Spacex nasa united launch alliance rocket lab indian space research org.