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We did it,
@spacex.⁣
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For the first time in history,
NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station (@iss).
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley (@astro.doug)
lifted off at 3:22 p.m.
EDT Saturday,
May 30 on the Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at our Kennedy Space Center in Florida.⁣⁣
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The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the space station at 10:29 a.m.
Sunday,
May 31.
After successfully docking,
Behnken and Hurley will be welcomed aboard,
where they will become members of the Expedition 63 crew,
which currently includes NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy (@astro_seal).⁣
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Photos 1,
3 Credit:
NASA/Bill Ingalls⁣
Photos 2,
4 Credit:
NASA/Joel Kowsky⁣
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(The first image in this set is a false color infrared exposure of liftoff.)
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⁣ #nasa #spacex #launch #crewdragon #spacecraft #liftoff #launchamerica

Welcome to Launch Day,
Take 2 —
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Watch history unfold as we launch astronauts @astro.doug and astronaut #BobBehnken to the @iss.
This @spacex #CrewDragon test flight is the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans will fly to the space station from American soil.⠀
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The mission's first launch attempt was scrubbed due to weather conditions,
but #LaunchAmerica is just getting started.
Our global watch party continues today,
May 30.
Join us starting at 11am EDT (3pm UTC)
for live coverage on nasa.gov.
Liftoff is on for 3:22pm EDT (7:22pm UTC).
We’re ready.⠀
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Image 1 Credit:
SpaceX,
Image 2-5 Credit:
NASA

Space is hard.
You've probably heard this before.⁣⁣⁣
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And it rings true today.
Earlier this afternoon,
weather scrubbed our @SpaceX launch to the @iss.
@astro.doug and astronaut #BobBehnken were strapped into their Crew Dragon spacecraft when ground teams called off the 4:33pm ET launch due to inclement weather brought on by Tropical Storm Bertha off the southeastern U.S.
coast.
The Falcon 9 rocket is healthy,
but we want to get it right.
Safety is paramount.⁣⁣⁣
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Join us for our next launch attempt on Saturday,
May 30,
at 3:22pm ET (7:22pm UTC).
Our live coverage starts at 11am ET (3pm UTC)
on nasa.gov.
As part of our Commercial Crew Program,
the liftoff will mark the first time in nearly a decade that @nasaastronauts launch on a brand new spacecraft from U.S.
soil.
We're ready.⁣⁣⁣
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Let's light this candle.
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📸:
NASA/Joel Kowsky⁣⁣
⁣ #launchamerica #letsdothis #spacex #nasa #rocket #space