A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard launches from Launch Complex 39A, Saturday, March 2, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its way to the International Space Station. The Demo-1 mission launched at 2:49 a.m. ET and was the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities.
Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky