NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 astronauts launch from Cape Canaveral
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Mike Leinbach served as the space shuttle launch director for 11 years, overseeing 37 crewed missions. Leinbach's philosophy was that his primary job was to ensure crew safety, even if it meant scrubbing a launch. The 2003 Columbia disaster profoundly ...
The crew of four — two NASA astronauts, one from Canada, and a Russian cosmonaut — heads to the International Space Station after liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Retired NASA launch director Mike Leinbach launched 37 space shuttle missions and more than 240 astronauts to space.