The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced on Friday that four crew members will fly to the International Space Station as part of its Crew-8 mission carried out in partnership with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX).

Axar.az reports that crew members are NASA astronauts Commander Matthew Dominick, Pilot Michael Barratt, Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin and they "will join Expedition 70 and 71 crew members aboard the station in early 2024 to conduct a wide-ranging set of operational and research activities."

Yesterday, NASA and SpaceX set the launch date for their Crew-7 mission to August 25 at 3:49 am ET.