SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience Set to Launch Commercial Astronauts from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A March 31
By Zach Clark // March 26, 2025
scheduled to liftoff at 9:47 p.m. ET.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch four commercial astronauts into a 90-degree polar orbit for a three-day free-flyer mission aboard the Crew Dragon Resilience no earlier than March 31 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A.
The rocket is scheduled to liftoff at 9:47 p.m. ET.
Leading the mission is Chun Wang, a cryptocurrency investor and co-founder of the Bitcoin mining firm f2pool. He will be accompanied by vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, pilot Eric Philips of Australia, and mission specialist Rabea Rogge from Germany.
This marks the fourth flight for the Resilience capsule, which will feature the reintroduction of the cupola—a panoramic viewing module—on its nosecone.
The cupola replaces the Skywalker apparatus previously used during the Polaris Dawn mission.
