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A night of firsts ☝️⁣ ⁣ ✅ First NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft system in history, which moves the system from development into regular flights⁣ ⁣ ✅ The first international crew of four to launch on an American commercial spacecraft⁣ ⁣ ✅ The first time the International Space Station’s (iss) long duration expedition crew size will increase from six to seven crew members⁣ ⁣ ✅ The first time the Federal Aviation Administration (faa) has licensed a human orbital spaceflight launch⁣ ⁣ NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission lifted off at 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday from Launch Complex 39A NASAKennedy. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Resilience, will dock autonomously to the forward port of the station’s Harmony module at about 11 p.m. EST tonight and the crew will begin a six-month science mission.⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky/SpaceX/Sam Friedman⁣ ⁣ #nasa #LaunchAmerica #spacestation #exploration

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