SpaceX Crew-9 lifts off with Nick, Aleksandr and a ’furry friend’, Dragon to offer Sunita Williams ride back home

SpaceX Crew-9 mission successfully launched from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday. Crew 9, the first human spaceflight mission to launch from pad 40, is now en route to the International Space Station.

"It is expected to take 28.5 hours for the spacecraft to autonomously dock to the space station at 5:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 29, while traveling 17,000 mph orbiting the Earth," NASA said in a statement on Saturday.