NASA: SpaceX Capsule Mission to ISS 'Doing Well'

NASA on Sunday said the SpaceX's Falcon mission headed to the International Space Station are doing well . The rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center that day, carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin. The astronauts should reach the orbiting lab on Tuesday, replacing a crew from the U.S., Denmark, Japan and Russia, who have been there since August. The earliest date Crew 7 could return would be "around March 11th or so," said NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich. The new crew's six-month stay includes the arrival of two rocket ships ordered by NASA. SpaceX Director of Dragon Mission Management Sarah Walker says the current mission marks a significant milestone for SpaceX as it sends people to the International Space Station. Crew 8 "marks the 50th crew member that SpaceX has sent to space," she said. Source: NASA via Associated Press