SpaceX Rocket Launches Astronauts To International Space Station

04-23-2021 • Zero Hedge

A SpaceX Crew Dragon aboard a Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts blasted towards low Earth orbit around 0549 ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Dragon capsule should dock at the ISS around 0510 ET Saturday.

Here's the liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon.

Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon! pic.twitter.com/g6Oi8qwU2Y
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 23, 2021

"Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed. Second stage engine burn underway," SpaceX tweeted.

Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed. Second stage engine burn underway pic.twitter.com/dyvxICjavF
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 23, 2021

Dragon capsule has separated from the Falcon 9 rocket and is on the way to ISS.

Dragon has separated from Falcon 9's second stage and is on its way to the @space_station! Autonomous docking tomorrow at ~5:10 a.m. EDT pic.twitter.com/rg1QjZEl9u
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 23, 2021