NASA, SpaceX Target Nov. 14 for Historic Manned Mission to Space Station

NASA and SpaceX are at 7:49 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 14, for the launch of the first crew rotation flight to the International Space Station as part of the Commercial Crew Program of the Agency, NASA announced Tuesday.

The mission, Crew-1, will be launched by NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Specialist Soichi Noguchi, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, reports Xinhua.

Astronauts will join the Expedition 64 crew of Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Flight Engineers Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins.

The arrival of Crew-1 will increase the daily crew size of the space station's exploration missions from six to seven astronauts, contributing to the number of crew time available for science, NASA said.

The flight will be the first time that a foreign crew would fly NASA-certified, privately owned and operated American rocket and spacecraft from American soil, according to NASA.