Download Spacex Launch Astronauts 2020 Pics. Liftoff occurred just after 3:20 pm et from florida's kennedy space center. Spacex launches two astronauts to orbit, igniting new spaceflight era.

— spacex (@spacex) november 16, 2020. They will launch from launch pad 39a at kennedy space center in florida atop a spacex falcon 9 rocket featuring nasa's iconic worm logo. The falcon rocket thundered into the night from kennedy space centre at 7.27pm local time carrying the second crew to be launched by spacex.

Spacex was set to launch two nasa astronauts to the international space station (iss) wednesday after mission 17, 2020 photo astronauts doug hurley, left, and robert behnken pose in front of a tesla model x car spacex astronauts dock with international space station after historic launch.

Since the end of nasa's space shuttle program in 2011, the us has relied on russian spacecraft to rocket american astronauts into space. Spacex was set to launch two nasa astronauts to the international space station (iss) wednesday after mission 17, 2020 photo astronauts doug hurley, left, and robert behnken pose in front of a tesla model x car spacex astronauts dock with international space station after historic launch. The astronauts donned their custom white flight suits and arrived at the kennedy space center launch pad on schedule at 4:30 p.m. Watch historic spacex first crewed launch.