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SpaceX's Crew-3 lifts off for space station on Dragon Endurance [i]NASA's first rookie astronaut to lead a space mission in 48 years (almost to the day) is now on his way to the International Space Station, commanding a crew of three, including the 600th person to fly into space. Crew-3 commander Raja Chari, pilot Tom Marshburn and mission specialist Kayla Barron, all with NASA, together with mission specialist Matthias Maurer with the European Space Agency (ESA), lifted off on Wednesday (Nov. 10) for a six-month stay on the space station. Flying on SpaceX's third Crew Dragon spacecraft to enter service, which they named "Endurance," the four astronauts launched at 9:03 p.m. EST (0203 GMT Nov. 11) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.[/i]
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