SpaceX, NASA targeting Feb. 22 for launch of Crew-8 astronaut mission

Four smiling people — three men and one woman — in blue flight suits stand in front of an image of earth at night, captured from low earth orbit.

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA will take place in just three weeks, if all goes according to plan.

Feb. 22 is the target launch date for Crew-8, which will send four people to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month stay, NASA announced on Wednesday (Jan. 31). That's more specific than the last update we got, which identified "late February" as the target.