SpaceX launches Crew-6 astronaut mission to space station for NASA

Crew-6 is expected to dock with the International Space Station early Friday morning (March 3).

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the company’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center for NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission at 12:34 a.m. EST on March 2, 2023.

The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, continued powering Endeavour into orbit. A little more than 12 minutes after launch, the capsule separated from the Falcon 9's upper stage and began flying freely.

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