NASA Invites You to Share Excitement of Agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 Launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities for the launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Matthew D ominick , commander; Michael Barratt , pilot; and Jeanette Epps , mission specialist; along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist, will fly to the space station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket.

Launch is targeted for no earlier than 12:04 a.m. EST on Friday, March. 1, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Members of the public can register to attend the launch virtually. As a virtual guest, you have access to curated resources, schedule changes, and mission specific information delivered straight to your inbox. Following each activity, virtual guests are sent a mission specific collectable stamp for their virtual guest passport. Hear more about the virtual guest program from the Crew-5 astronauts .

Live coverage and countdown commentary will begin at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29 on NASA+ , NASA Television, the NASA app , YouTube , and the agency’s website . Details about the mission and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program can be found by following the Crew-8 blog , the commercial crew blogX , and Facebook .

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