NASA, SpaceX launch first crew rotation mission to space

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NASA astronauts Shannon Walker (1st L), Victor Glover (2nd L), Mike Hopkins (2nd R), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, wearing SpaceX spacesuits, wave as they walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building to depart for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Crew-1 mission launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the United States, on Nov. 15, 2020. NASA and SpaceX launched Crew Dragon spacecraft's first operational crew mission on Sunday, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).The mission, dubbed "Crew-1," is the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the ISS. (Joel Kowsky/NASA/Handout via Xinhua)

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