NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Falcon 9/Dragon Rollout at Space Launch C

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen as it is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 as preparations continue for the Crew-9 mission, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is the ninth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are scheduled to launch on 1:17 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 28, from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)