Watch live as SpaceX Crew Dragon heads for space station

SpaceX’s third operational crew mission to the International Space Station lifted off at 9:03 p.m. EST Wednesday (0203 GMT) on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and Matthias Maurer are heading for a nearly six-month expedition on the International Space Station. If you would like to support our coverage please consider becoming a Spaceflight Now Member: