SpaceX plans to originate the first operational flight of its Crew Dragon astronaut taxi to the World Situation Plan on Nov. 14, 2020. Called Crew-1, this is in a position to perchance very effectively be the 2d Crew Dragon mission to raise astronauts, following the successful Crew Dragon Demo-2 test flight in 2019.
Utilizing on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, alongside with Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, will pick off from the historical Launch Advanced 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Situation Center in Florida at 7: 49 p.m. EST (0049 GMT), if all goes in keeping with devise.
The astronauts will utilize about six months on the World Situation Plan as contributors of Expedition 64/65 sooner than returning to Earth with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean in Would possibly perhaps even 2021. Situation.com will elevate you all of the most fresh updates on the Crew-1 mission right here.
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Crew-1 astronauts advance at originate position
The four-astronaut crew of SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission for NASA dangle arrived at their Kennedy Situation Center originate position for their deliberate Nov. 14 originate to the World Situation Plan.
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Company astronaut Soichi Noguchi touched down on the Shuttle landing Facility at KSC to put together for their upcoming originate from the Cape Canaveral, Florida spaceport. Liftoff is situation for 7: 49 p.m. EST (2249 GMT) on Saturday.
Hopkins will state the Crew-1 mission, which will originate to the situation on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. The Crew-1 astronauts dangle named their spacecraft Resilience for the flight.
“On behalf of the crew of Resilience, on behalf of our households, we would favor to claim a gigantic ‘thanks’ to the total folks at SpaceX, at NASA, and in the (Department of Defense) who dangle been working tirelessly to accumulate us up to now. It’s basically been effort by community of folks,” Hopkins said in a press originate. “As for the crew: we’re ready.”
On Monday (Nov. 9), NASA and SpaceX mission managers will maintain a Flight Readiness Overview assembly on the Kennedy Situation Center to make optimistic that every one is ready for the upcoming flight. NASA will maintain a press conference one hour after the assembly concludes to update the public on the originate.
You would also join NASA’s Virtual Crew Media Engagement webcast at 1: 15 p.m. EST (1815 GMT) on Monday thru NASA TV. You would uncover about that reside online right here and thru NASA.gov/reside and NASA’s YouTube channel.
SpaceX, NASA target Nov. 14 for Crew-1 originate
SpaceX’s Crew-1 mission to the World Situation Plan is now scheduled to originate on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7: 49 p.m. EST (0049 GMT on Nov. 15), NASA launched Monday (Oct. 26).
First and predominant scheduled to originate Aug. 30, Crew-1 has faced a gigantic various of delays in getting off the ground. NASA first pushed the mission to slack September, then to Oct. 23, then to Oct. 31 and sooner or later to early to mid-November, citing logistical and technical factors. The newly launched target date companies up that latter timeline.
NASA also launched that it will maintain a info conference on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) “to chat about the upcoming originate, alongside side results from present attempting out of the Falcon 9 Merlin engines following surprising info SpaceX important in the end of a present non-NASA originate,” the agency said in a press originate. You would uncover about it reside right here on Situation.com, courtesy of NASA TV, or straight thru the agency’s web position.
