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SpaceX Is Ready to Take Four More Astronauts to ISS After Successful Trip in May

Three NASA crew and one Japanese astronaut are set for launch aboard a SpaceX rocket Saturday, bound for the International Space Station in the program's first six-month routine mission since the United States resumed crewed space flight in May after nine years of reliance on Russia.

NASA on Tuesday officially certified as safe the Crew Dragon capsule developed for regular astronaut transportation by SpaceX. Take-off is planned for 7:49 pm Saturday from Kennedy Space Center.