SpaceX Launches 4 Astronauts for NASA After Private Flight

SpaceX Launches 4 Astronauts for NASA After Private Flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on April 27, 2022. John Raoux/AP Photo
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires.

It’s the first NASA crew comprised equally of men and women, including the first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins.