pennslammer3hs8500|NASA, SpaceX target Aug. 18 to launch crew rotation mission

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NEW YORKpennslammer3hs8500, July 27 (Xinhua) -- SpaceX and NASA said on Friday they planned to launch the SpaceX Crew-9 missionpennslammer3hs8500, a crew rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS), no earlier than Aug. 18.

pennslammer3hs8500|NASA, SpaceX target Aug. 18 to launch crew rotation mission

According to the announcement, the international crew will lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft.

Crew-9 is the ninth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the ISS under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

The spacecraft is scheduled to carry four astronauts to the orbiting laboratory for a six-month science research plan.