Watch as SpaceX launches the Crew-5 astronaut mission for NASA

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Four people will be going to the International Space Station from Florida on Wednesday, as Musk's company keeps up a steady pace.

A group of people will be going to the International Space Station for a period of six months. The mission is the fifth operational crew launch for NASA and the eighth for the company.

The Crew-5 mission will increase the number of astronauts launched by the company.

The crew is going to lift off at noon. The journey to dock with the International Space Station is expected to take 29 hours.

Left to right: Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata arrive ahead of the launch of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 5, 2022.

The Crew Dragon capsule is going to be launched on top of a rocket. The rocket and capsule are not damaged in flight.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule stands on Pad-39A in preparation for a mission to carry four crew members to the International Space Station from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 4, 2022.