:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65)/d1vhqlrjc8h82r.cloudfront.net/04-23-2021/t_bd132419cebb40f6a5e75f058bbf8779_name_Crew2launch.jpg)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – paceX launched four astronauts from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Friday morning on the company’s third mission carrying humans to the International Space Station.
As the second long-duration mission flying via SpaceX Crew Dragon, the four astronauts — two American, one Japanese and one European — make up the Crew-2 mission.
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet launched Friday at 5:49 a.m. in the SpaceX Crew Dragon atop the Falcon 9 rocket.
The astronauts are now traveling in the Dragon Endeavour to the space station and will arrive Saturday morning.
If you missed the liftoff re-watch it at the top of this story.
See a recap of updates below from News 6 reporters at Kennedy Space Center leading up to and after launch:
