SpaceX and NASA announced on Friday that they plan to launch the Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on August 18.

This announcement follows the Federal Aviation Administration's clearance of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket for flight, after it was temporarily grounded due to a mid-flight failure earlier this month.

The Falcon 9, the world's most frequently used rocket, experienced its first failure in over seven years when one of its rockets disintegrated in space, losing its payload of Starlink satellites.

The Crew-9 mission will be the ninth crew rotation to the ISS by NASA and SpaceX. The mission will include NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. They will be launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, propelled by the Falcon 9 rocket.

The eighth crew rotation, Crew-8, launched from Florida in March, carrying three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the ISS for a six-month science mission. The crew, aboard the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavor, reached the space station after a 16-hour flight. This mission involved the use of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft, reflecting the ongoing operations between NASA and SpaceX.

(With input from Agencies)