By Marisa Laudadio
6:00pm PDT, Mar 10, 2024
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SpaceX and NASA successfully launched a manned Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station in March, kicking off a six-month mission for three American astronauts and one cosmonaut from Russia's Roscosmos space agency.
Join us as we take a look at the best photos of the crew, liftoff and more…
Members of the NASA SpaceX Crew-8 — Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist — walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building and head to Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
They soon blasted off on a NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft attached to a Falcon 9 rocket that carried them to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
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The NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-8 on its eighth crew rotation mission lifts up from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The NASA Crew-8 mission members are NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist.
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The NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-8 on its eighth crew rotation mission lifts up from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The NASA Crew-8 mission members are NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist.
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The solid rocket booster separates from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after lifting off with the Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule carrying the Crew-8 mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2024.
Three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut launched for the International Space Station. They will conduct more than 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations during their planned 180-day mission on the International Space Station.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Crew-8 astronauts heads into space after lifting off from launch pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The rocket delivered three astronauts and one cosmonaut to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
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Three American astronauts — pilot Michael Barratt, commander Matthew Dominick and mission specialist Jeanette Epps — and Russian Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, who's acting as a mission specialist, are photographed during the traditional walkout before heading to Launch Pad 39A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center where they blasted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon spacecraft on March 3, 2024, and made their way to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
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The NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-8 on its eighth crew rotation mission lifts up from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The NASA Crew-8 mission members are NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist.
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NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist, smiles as the NASA Crew-8 mission members walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building and head to Launch Complex 39A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center where she and three other astronauts blasted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon spacecraft on March 3, 2024, and made their way to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
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NASA astronaut and Crew-8 mission commander Matthew Dominik flashes a thumbs up before heading to Launch Pad 39A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center where he and three American astronauts blasted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon spacecraft on March 3, 2024, and made their way to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
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The NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-8 on its eighth crew rotation mission lifts up from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The NASA Crew-8 mission members are NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist.
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Russian Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin talks to members of his family during the traditional walkout before heading to Launch Pad 39A at Florida's Kennedy Space Center where he and three American astronauts blasted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon spacecraft on March 3, 2024, and made their way to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a Crew Dragon spacecraft launches from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 10:53 p.m. EST in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The Crew-8 mission took NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps along with Russia's Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station for a six-month expedition.
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The NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-8 on its eighth crew rotation mission lifts up from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The NASA Crew-8 mission members are NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist.
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The NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-8 on its eighth crew rotation mission lifts up from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The NASA Crew-8 mission members are NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2024, carrying the agency's SpaceX Crew-8 mission into orbit for a mission to the International Space Station.
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The NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-8 on its eighth crew rotation mission lifts up from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The NASA Crew-8 mission members are NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule carrying the Crew-8 mission launches from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2024.
Three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut launched for the International Space Station. They will conduct more than 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations during their planned 180-day mission on the International Space Station.
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The NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-8 on its eighth crew rotation mission lifts up from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
The NASA Crew-8 mission members are NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist.
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Members of the NASA SpaceX Crew-8 — Roscosmos cosmonaut mission specialist Alexander Grebenkin; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, pilot; NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, commander; and NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, mission specialist — walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building and head to Launch Complex 39A in Titusville, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
They soon blasted off on a NASA SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft attached to a Falcon 9 rocket that carried them to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2024, carrying the agency's SpaceX Crew-8 mission into orbit for a mission to the International Space Station.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on a mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin on board at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 3, 2024.
