Members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 from right to left, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps, mission specialist; Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist, wave as they participate in a countdown dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, to prepare for the upcoming Crew-8 launch to the International Space Station. Liftoff of the eighth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the station and the ninth flight of Dragon with people as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program from Launch Complex 39A is targeted for 12:04 a.m. on Friday, March 1.
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