In this photo released courtesy of NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft on top is seen during sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-8 mission on Feb 27, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US. [AFP PHOTO \/ HANDOUT \/ NASA] <\/p>\n
LOS ANGELES -- NASA and SpaceX are targeting Saturday to launch the eighth crew mission to the International Space Station (ISS). <\/p>\n
The mission, codenamed \"Crew-8,\" is the eighth rotational mission to the ISS for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. <\/p>\n
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the crew aboard a Dragon spacecraft from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:16 p.m. Saturday Eastern Time, according to NASA. <\/p>\n
The Crew-8 mission will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, as well as Alexander Grebenkin of Roscosmos to the space station. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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