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Astronauts head to launch site for SpaceX's 2nd crew flight

In this Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 photo released by SpaceX, NASA astronauts, from left, mission specialist Shannon Walker, pilot Victor Glover, and Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, pose for a photo during crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. The four are scheduled to be SpaceX's second crew launch in mid-November 2020. (SpaceX via AP)

Four astronauts headed to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX's second crew launch, coming up next weekend.

For NASA, it marks the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations at the International Space Station, with private companies providing the lifts. There will be double the number of astronauts as the test flight earlier this year, and their mission will last a full six months.

The crew of three Americans and one Japanese are scheduled to rocket away Saturday night. It will be a speedy trip to the space station, a six-orbit express lasting under nine hours.

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