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Good evening and welcome to live coverage of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-8 mission \u2013 the eighth crew rotation flight and the ninth human spaceflight mission on SpaceX\u2019s Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station<\/a> for NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n Launch weather officers from the U.S. Space\u2019s Force 45th Weather Squadron predict a 40% chance of favorable weather conditions at the launch pad for liftoff. The primary weather concerns for the launch area are flight through precipitation and the thick cloud cover.<\/p>\n Launch is scheduled for 11:16 p.m. EST on Saturday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n Here at Kennedy, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped by the company\u2019s Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, awaits liftoff just after midnight. NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick<\/a>, commander; Michael Barratt<\/a>, pilot; Jeanette Epps<\/a>, mission specialist; along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, mission specialist, will fly to the space station aboard Dragon, which previously flew NASA\u2019s SpaceX Demo Mission-2, Crew-2 and Crew-6, in addition to Axiom Mission 1, the first commercial astronaut mission to the microgravity laboratory.<\/p>\n The countdown is proceeding according to schedule. At Kennedy\u2019s Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, the astronauts have eaten and will undergo medical checks and get a final weather briefing before suiting up.<\/p>\n Starting at 7:15 p.m. EST, on NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, the NASA app<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s website<\/a> there will be continuous live coverage of important Crew-8 activities.<\/p>\n Stay with us as the countdown continues. We\u2019ll keep you updated on the key milestones throughout this mission. Details about the mission and NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program can be found by following the Crew-8 blog<\/a>, the commercial crew blog<\/a>, X<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Jason Costa <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good evening and welcome to live coverage of NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-8 mission \u2013 the eighth crew rotation flight and the ninth human spaceflight mission on SpaceX\u2019s Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station for NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program. Launch weather officers from the U.S. Space\u2019s Force 45th Weather Squadron predict a 40% chance of favorable \u2026 Continue reading