Kennedy Space Center
Members of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi pose for a photo as the astronauts leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-A and planned liftoff on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule on a six-month mission to the International Space Station Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
SpaceX launches 2nd crew, regular station crew flights begin

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 15, 2020 01:07 PM EST

NASA Astronauts Shannon Walker, left, and Victor Glover walk from their airplane after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Astronauts arrive at launch site for 2nd SpaceX crew flight

By Marcia Dunn Nov. 08, 2020 12:01 PM EST

The SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket, sits on Launch Pad 39-A Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Wednesday's planned launch was scrubbed due to weather. They will try again to launch Saturday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Take 2 for SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch with more storms

By Marcia Dunn May. 29, 2020 12:43 PM EDT

A man watches from Titusville, Fla. as SpaceX Falcon 9 prepares to lift off with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of the SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station was scrubbed with more than 16 minutes to go in the countdown due to lightning. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
For launch spectators, storms more worrisome than virus

By Mike Schneider May. 27, 2020 02:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this July, 8, 2011 file photo, Vanessa Fabrega, of Austin, Texas, cheers as she and others watch the launch of space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis was the 135th and final shuttle launch for the U.S. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)
Will virus keep Florida spectators from astronaut launch?

By Mike Schneider May. 22, 2020 01:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, left, and Bob Behnken work with teams from NASA and SpaceX to rehearse crew extraction from SpaceX's Crew Dragon, which will be used to carry humans to the International Space Station, at the Trident Basin in Cape Canaveral, Fla. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts are about to blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil. And for the first time in the history of human spaceflight, a private company -- SpaceX -- is providing the ride. (Bill Ingalls/NASA)
NASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turf

By Marcia Dunn May. 21, 2020 11:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 8, 2011 file photo, spectators watch the space shuttle Atlantis lift off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis was the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA. On Friday, May 1, 2020, NASA and SpaceX urged everyone to stay home for the first home launch of astronauts in nearly a decade, coming up later in the month, because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)
NASA begs spectators for astronaut launch: Please stay home!

By Marcia Dunn May. 01, 2020 01:07 PM EDT