Space Launch Complex 40 is located just south of Kennedy Space Center. Once the Crew-9 duo launched, the Falcon 9 rocket traveled on a northeast trajectory, carrying their SpaceX Dragon, named Freedom, on a path to meet up with the International Space Station.

NASA and SpaceX are targeting Saturday for an afternoon launch of the Crew-9 mission, which in five months aims to bring back home two astronauts currently stuck in space. The launch, originally scheduled for Aug.

Crew-9 is the ninth crew rotation mission to the space station with SpaceX under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The crew is set to spend about five months in the orbiting laboratory, conducting spacewalks, research, and experiments before returning to Earth in February 2025 with Williams and Wilmore.

With NASA’s CREW-9 mission set for Saturday, Space View Park is expected to fill up with excited spectators eager to witness the historic launch. NASA reports that despite recent storms, preparations remain on schedule.

SpaceX and NASA confirmed that the Cape Canaveral mission will push through on Saturday, Sept. 28. The Crew-9 members will lead the expedition in space.

SpaceX launched a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut toward the ISS today (Sept. 28), on a mission unlike any other the company has flown.

On Saturday, the SpaceX Crew-9 spacecraft, which was piloted by NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov, launched from Cape Canaveral in the USA to the International Space Station (ISS).