Rocket Lab will secure boosters at sea after launch

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew 1 will take off from Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday. Photo by Pat Benic / UPI | License photo

The dragon is boarded by NASA astronaut commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Shannon Walker, and Japanese mission specialist Soichi Noguchi. Photo by Joe Marino / UPI | License photo

The Crew Dragon spacecraft, with four astronauts on board, travels 27 and a half hours to the International Space Station. Photo by Pat Benic / UPI | License photo

NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker (from left to right), Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins, and Astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Neil A. / NASA | License photo

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi engages with the crowd while preparing for departure. Photo by Joelkovsky / NASA | License photo

NASA astronaut Shannon Walker (from left to right), Mike Hopkins and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi are preparing to depart for the launch pad. Photo by Joelkovsky / NASA | License photo

Astronauts wave their hands before boarding the Complex 39A and board the Dragon spacecraft as the first operational crew to be launched with SpaceX equipment to the International Space Station. Photo by Joe Marino / UPI | License photo

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstin commented at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 13. Photo: Pat Benic / UPI | License photo

As the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ready to launch the first operational Crew Dragon spacecraft on November 13, the crocodile begins to cross the road while the photographer sets up the remote camera. Photo: Pat Benic / UPI | License photo

As the preparations for the Crew 1 mission on November 10 continue, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft can be seen on the pads of the Launch Complex 39A. Photo: Joel Kowski / NASA | License photo

You can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will be deployed from the horizontal integration facility of Launch Complex 39A on November 9. Photo: Joel Kowski / NASA | License photo

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japanese space agency will speak with media members after arriving from Houston at the launch and landing facility of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center prior to SpaceX’s Crew 1 mission on November 8. Photo by Joelkovsky / NASA | License photo

NASA astronaut Shannon Walker (left to right) Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, after arriving at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center launch and landing facility before SpaceX’s Crew 1 mission. You can see it. Photo by Joelkovsky / NASA | License photo

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronaut will participate in a crew equipment interface test at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA on September 24th. Photo courtesy of SpaceX | License photo