The US space transportation company SpaceX successfully launched The Dragon spacecraft, carrying four crew members from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, giving a start to the “Crew-8” mission, which is carried out jointly by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The reusable first stage booster of the Falcon-9 rocket successfully returned to Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after launch.

After reaching the International Space Station in 24 hours, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Reed Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin will conduct more than 200 scientific experiments in 180 days.