We have liftoff! At 9:03 pm EST, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft lit up the night sky over NASAKennedy in Florida, launching the four astronauts of #Crew3 to space: Astro_Raja, AstroMarshburn, Astro_Kayla, and ESAMatthiasMaurer. This marks the beginning of their 22-hour journey to the International Space Station (ISS), where the crew will spend the next six months performing hundreds of science experiments that will benefit our life here on Earth. Some fun facts about today’s launch: ▪️This is the first launch Kayla’s witnessed — AND she's on the rocket! ▪️A plush turtle was chosen to be the crew’s Zero-G indicator, a nod to NASA's newest "Turtles" astronaut class which Raja and Kayla are part of ▪️Matthias is the 600th person to visit space ▪️This is not Tom’s first rodeo – this is his third trip to space on a different spacecraft ▪️Crew-2 splashed down on Nov 8 and Crew-3 launched on Nov. 10, making this the fastest turnaround EVER between astronaut fligh...