"SpaceX Successfully Launches Crew-8 Mission to International Space Station for NASA"

SpaceX successfully launched NASA's Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station with four astronauts aboard, including three from NASA and one from Russia's space agency Roscosmos. The launch marked the 13th crewed flight for SpaceX and the eighth operational one for NASA as part of the Commercial Crew Program. Despite a minor thermal-seal defect on the capsule's hatch, the mission proceeded, and the astronauts are expected to conduct over 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations during their six-month stay aboard the ISS.