Crewed American Launch on Final Countdown

Membership Ticker

BREAKING: Good journalism costs money.
And we need a lot of both right now. We’re short of our August goal of $163,000 in online donations, and it’s not going to get any easier next month when election noise and news will be even louder. You know what’s at stake. And you know Mother Jones is up for it. Will you pitch in now so we can do our best work?

We need to raise $163,000 before the month ends and the election noise and news get louder. You know what’s at stake. And you know Mother Jones is up for it. Please help if you can.

Astronauts Doug Hurley (front) and Bob Behnken are strapped in and ready to go for their trip to the ISS space station:

Liftoff is scheduled for 4:33 Eastern time, weather permitting. If it proceeds as planned, it will be the first crewed American space launch in nearly a decade. A live feed is here.