WATCH: Video Shows What NASA Astronauts Will Experience During SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Launch
By Emilee Speck, News 6 // December 31, 2019
It’s been a busy year with major milestones
Simulation of first crewed flight of Falcon 9 / Dragon 2020 @NASA pic.twitter.com/BSDPYTcVIG
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 30, 2019
ABOVE VIDEO: To hold space fans over until the first Crew Dragon spaceflight with astronauts on board, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a video this week showing what the NASA astronauts will experience as they blast off into space on a Falcon 9 rocket.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – To hold space fans over until the first Crew Dragon spaceflight with astronauts on board, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a video this week showing what the NASA astronauts will experience as they blast off into space on a Falcon 9 rocket.
It’s been a busy year with major milestones — and setbacks — as both SpaceX and Boeing inch closer to launching astronauts from the Space Coast.
The last time NASA astronauts launched from U.S. soil was in 2011. As part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Boeing and SpaceX have been developing spacecraft to end that gap in human spaceflight from Cape Canaveral.
However, both companies still have more challenges ahead in the new year as they prepare to launch people for the first time.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon had a successful test flight — sans astronauts — in March to the International Space Station and the company is planning a launch abort test in January.
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