SpaceX launches US, Russia, UAE astronauts to space station

SpaceX launches US, Russia, UAE astronauts to space station

SpaceX on Monday will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station. The crew includes NASA astronaut Warren “Woody” Hoburg and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. It’s the first spaceflight for the former research scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the space rookie who’s retired from the Russian Air Force. (Feb. 25)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the crew capsule Endeavour lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday, including the first person from the Arab world going up for an extended monthslong stay.