Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Axiom 3 crew to space station

Watch live as SpaceX launches a Crew Dragon capsule on a commercial mission to the International Space Station for Houston-based Axiom Space. Liftoff from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 4:49 p.m. EST (2149 UTC) on Thursday, Jan. 18. Aboard Crew Dragon Freedom are retired NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, Italian co-pilot Walter Villadei, European Space Agency astronaut Marcus Wandt of Sweden and Turkey's Alper Gezeravci. Full coverage with live commentary by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 2.5 hours prior to launch. Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join