24+ Spacex Crew 1 Launch Date Background. This final stretch check, conducted over the past few days after the crew dragon. Space xand those four nasa astronauts launching the first regular crew mission first regular taxi service if you will.

You can watch the mission live here. 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. Spacex spent the last six years getting to this point.

Spacex and nasa were set to launch the crew dragon spacecraft at 9:33pm uk time.

The falcon 9 rocket was due to lift off from the kennedy space centre in florida, bound for the international space station. Spacex has received approval on its mission to launch nasa astronauts for the first time ever on may 27, having passed a key flight readiness review (frr) conducted by the agency to ensure everything is go for launch. Spacex nasa united launch alliance rocket lab indian space research org. Space xand those four nasa astronauts launching the first regular crew mission first regular taxi service if you will.