NASA, SpaceX count down to Crew-6 launch from Florida’s Space Coast

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ClickOrlando will stream the launch live

Crew-6 team arrives ahead of SpaceX launch at Kennedy Space Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The launch of Nasa and SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for launch no earlier than 1:45 a.m. on Monday.

The Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft on top, will liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.

The flight will be the sixth crew rotation mission with SpaceX to the space station, and the seventh crewed Dragon flight as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The NASA SpaceX Crew-6 mission will carry NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, as well as United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev to the International Space Station where they will spend up to six months before returning home.

SpaceX posted on Twitter that “All systems and weather are looking good for launch,” on Sunday morning.

Weather officials with the 45th Weather Squadron predict a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions for launch, according to NASA.

Longtime residents of Brevard County said the launches are not only great for business, but that they’re also just pretty cool to see.

Bobby Russo grew up in Cocoa and said watching our Space Coast launches never gets old.

“I’ve been seeing these launches since I was 5 years old as a kid. I’ve seen the space shuttle, the Apollo program...” Russo said. “My father retired from the space industry and just seeing the jobs that it brings and the income to this area, it’s just good for the country.”

So far this year, there have been nine SpaceX launches from Florida. In 2022, Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that he was aiming for up to 100 launches this year, including that of SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission with its liftoff from Kennedy Space Center set for early Monday morning.

News 6 will stream the launch live beginning with NASA’s coverage at 10:15 p.m.

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Jacob Langston

Jacob joined ClickOrlando.com in 2022. He spent 19 years at the Orlando Sentinel, mostly as a photojournalist and video journalist, before joining Spectrum News 13 as a web editor and digital journalist in 2021.