In the early morning hours of April 23, NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center was aglow, as the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off into outer space for a six-month stay.
Aboard the rocket was NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who was also joined by fellow NASA team member Shane Kimbrough, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, and Akihiko Hoshide from Japan.
The crew will stay six months at the International Space Station, once their Crew Dragon capsule docks there early Saturday morning, per CNN.
Learn more about Astronaut McArthur! Megan McArthur Is An Astronaut With NASA McArthur, born Katherine Megan McArthur, was chosen as an astronaut in the class of 2000, per NASA‘s official site.
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