In Florida on Sunday, a rocket and capsule built by SpaceX will carry crew members to the International Space Station. The NASA mission follows on a successful demonstration of the same spacecraft that launched in May and returned two astronauts to Earth in August. They are headed to the International Space Station for a six-month stay. In May, there was a demonstration mission, with two NASA astronauts — Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley — aboard. NASA has been relying on Russian Soyuz rockets to get its astronauts to the space station.

Source: International New York Times November 15, 2020 04:52 UTC