Enlarge this image This timed exposer shows the trail as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A for the Crew-6 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, early on March 2, 2023. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images This timed exposer shows the trail as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A for the Crew-6 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, early on March 2, 2023. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon capsule with four people aboard during a fiery nighttime launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch briefly turned night into day as the Falcon 9 rocket streaked over the Atlantic Ocean. It took nine minutes for the capsule to reach 17,500 mph and escape the Earth's gravity. Over the next 24 hours, the crew will chase the International Space Station with a scheduled docking at 1:17 a.m. ET Friday. The previous launch attempt — on Monday — was scrubbed three minutes before liftoff after a ground filter that pumps ignition fluid into the rocket engines became clogged. Sponsor Message