Falcon 9 launched to ISS with Crew Dragon

Falcon 9 launched to ISS with Crew Dragon

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle with Crew Dragon makes its maiden operational flight to the International Space Station (ISS) with four astronauts. NASA is broadcasting live.

NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, as well as Japanese Soichi Noguchi, went to the ISS.

This is Crew Dragon's first scheduled flight to the ISS. The first test flight with two astronauts took place in May.

This is the first operational manned flight for the United States since the completion of the Space Shuttle program in 2011.