NASA, SpaceX targeting Oct. 5 to launch Crew-5 astronauts
NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Wednesday, Oct. 5, to launch an American, Japanese and Russian astronaut crew to the International Space Station. If the current schedule holds, the Crew-5 mission will launch on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A at noon EDT.