A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is prepared for launch with a crew of four astronauts to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was due to launch the next long-duration astronaut crew to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA early on Wednesday, including a medical doctor turned spacewalker and a geologist specializing in Martian landslides.
The SpaceX launch vehicle, consisting of a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with a Crew Dragon capsule dubbed Freedom, was set for liftoff with its four-member crew at 3:52 a.m. EDT (0752 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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