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SpaceX Dragon Crew of NASA Astronauts Launches

New Hampshire Public Radio | By NHPR Staff

Published May 30, 2020 at 4:37 PM EDT

The SpaceX Dragon crew with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley successfully launched Saturday on a journey to the International Space Station.

The launch came shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday.

Watch the launch via this NASA YouTube video. The launch countdown begins about an hour into this video:

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