{"id":108077,"date":"2024-09-28T21:29:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T14:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108077"},"modified":"2024-09-28T21:29:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T14:29:52","slug":"watch-spacex-launch-crew-9-astronaut-mission-to-the-iss-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108077","title":{"rendered":"Watch SpaceX launch Crew-9 astronaut mission to the ISS today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-ILhm9VDsqKQ\" data-yt-video-token=\"ILhm9VDsqKQ\" title=\"Watch live! 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data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18853-spacex.html\">SpaceX<\/a> astronaut flight to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16748-international-space-station.html\">International Space Station<\/a> (ISS) for NASA, is scheduled to lift off from Florida&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33926-cape-canaveral.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33926-cape-canaveral.html\">Cape Canaveral Space Force Station<\/a> today at 1:17 pm EDT (1717 GMT).\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>You can watch the event live here at Space.com via NASA+, formerly NASA Television. Coverage will begin at 9:10 a.m. EDT (1310 GMT).<\/p>\n<p>The two astronauts on board are commander Nick Hague, who is with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38700-nasa-history.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/38700-nasa-history.html\">NASA<\/a> and the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/us-space-force-history-mission-capabilities\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/us-space-force-history-mission-capabilities\">U.S. Space Force<\/a>, and mission specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov, of the Russian space agency <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22724-roscosmos.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22724-roscosmos.html\">Roscosmos<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Assuming today&#8217;s launch goes on time, Hague and Gorbunov are scheduled to dock with the ISS on Sunday (Sept. 29) at 5:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT), with coverage starting on NASA+ two hours beforehand. The hatch opening between the station and Dragon will occur at roughly 7:15 p.m. EDT (2315 GMT).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-9-astronaut-rescue-mission\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-9-astronaut-rescue-mission\"><strong>SpaceX&#8217;s Crew-9 astronaut flight for NASA launches this week. Here&#8217;s how it turned into a rescue mission<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18852-spacex-dragon.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18852-spacex-dragon.html\">Crew Dragon<\/a> capsules usually carry four people to the ISS on such missions. But Crew-9 is leaving two seats empty so the Dragon can bring home two NASA astronauts \u2014\u00a0Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams \u2014 who reached the orbiting lab in June, on the first-ever crewed mission of Boeing&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/19367-boeing-cst-100.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/19367-boeing-cst-100.html\">Starliner<\/a> capsule. Starliner returned to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\">Earth<\/a> uncrewed <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/boeing-starliner-lands-earth-crew-flight-test-mission\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/boeing-starliner-lands-earth-crew-flight-test-mission\">on Sept. 7<\/a>, however, after suffering thruster problems in orbit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-PbrxEbwsv8chi67EGX5pZF\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-PbrxEbwsv8chi67EGX5pZF slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2000px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members, NASA astronaut Nick Hague (left) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, participate in a countdown dress rehearsal inside the crew suit-up room of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, to prepare for the upcoming Crew-9 launch.\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/dUpiHCqp4NTEHjcEyrSzwe.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-9 crew members, NASA astronaut Nick Hague (left) and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NASA\/Kim Shiflett)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So Crew-9&#8217;s Dragon was pressed into service to bring the Starliner duo home in February 2025. A <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-9-astronauts-cuts-boeing-starliner-return\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-crew-9-astronauts-cuts-boeing-starliner-return\">crew shuffle<\/a> happened in August, removing rookie Zena Cardman and three-time <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16726-space-shuttle.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/16726-space-shuttle.html\">space shuttle<\/a> astronaut Stephanie Wilson from Crew-9 to make room for Williams and Wilmore. (Wilson and Cardman are eligible for future missions.)<\/p>\n<p>In the unlikely event the ISS needs an emergency evacuation before Crew-9 arrives, there&#8217;s yet another backup for Williams and Wilmore: they will use the Crew-8 Dragon capsule, which remains docked at the station (and will depart shortly after Crew-9 arrives). 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