Watch nasa space shuttle launch6/6/2023 ![]() If all goes well, López-Alegría and Connor, a veteran private pilot, will monitor an automated 20-hour rendezvous and approach to the space station before moving in for docking at the lab's forward Harmony module around 7:45 a.m. If all goes well, the spacecraft will dock with the International Space Station early Saturday. "We're looking forward to the next 10 days." A camera on the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage captures a spectacular view of the Crew Dragon capsule slowly drifting away after reaching orbit. "It was a hell of a ride," Lopéz-Alegría said. You guys enjoy your trip to that wonderful space station in the sky, do some great research for us, and we'll look to see you back here on the ground." ![]() "On behalf of the Falcon 9 team, welcome to space," radioed Bill Gerstenmeir, NASA's former director of spaceflight operations and now a senior manager with SpaceX. It's the second fully commercial flight to orbit - following the privately financed Inspiration4 mission last September - and the first all-commercial visit to the International Space Station. The launching marked the sixth piloted flight of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Then, echoing John Glenn's words after reaching orbit 60 years ago, he added, "Zero G, and we feel fine!" It's great to be here," Lopéz-Alegría replied. It was the booster's fourth flight, and its picture-perfect landing marked SpaceX's 113th successful first stage recovery. The automated climb to space appeared to go smoothly, with the rocket's first stage powering the vehicle out of the dense lower atmosphere before falling away to head for landing on an off-shore droneship. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Axiom-1 mission with a commercial crew of four headed to the International Space Station, April 8, 2022. Strapped into a Crew Dragon capsule atop the rocket were Axiom-1 mission commander Michael Lopéz-Alegría, a former NASA astronaut and vice president at the Houston-based company Axiom Space, and his crewmates, Ohio investor Larry Connor, Canadian entrepreneur Mark Pathy and Israeli Eytan Stibbe, a former F-16 fighter pilot and businessman. EDT and vaulted skyward from historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, climbing away to the northeast. Using a previously flown first stage, the Falcon 9 thundered to life at 11:17 a.m. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared into space Friday carrying a retired NASA astronaut and three wealthy civilians on the first non-government, fully commercial flight to the International Space Station - a trailblazing mission intended to help pave the way to a privately operated space lab. Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account
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