Vice President Mike Pence is on the Space Coast to take in Historic Crew-1 Launch from Kennedy Space Center
By Space Coast Daily // November 15, 2020
Will Launch form Complex 39A to ISS
Looking forward to attending the viewing of @NASA’s @SpaceX Crew-1 Mission Launch tomorrow with @SecondLady! https://t.co/vDjOAHrOoJ
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) November 15, 2020
WATCH LAUNCH LIVE ON SPACE COAST DAILY TV
BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Vice President Mike Pence, along with Second Lady Karen Pence, will be on the Space Coast to take in the historic Crew-1 mission launch from Kennedy Space Center.
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 15, for liftoff of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to fly astronauts from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station.
The Crew-1 flight will carry Crew Dragon Commander Michael Hopkins, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Shannon Walker, all of NASA, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, to the space station for a six-month science mission.
The U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron predicts a 50% chance of favorable weather conditions at the launch pad for lift off of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission based on Falcon 9 Crew Dragon launch weather criteria.
The booster is expected to land on the recovery ship about nine minutes after launch.
NASA will provide continuous coverage – more than 30 hours – of the prelaunch, launch, docking, and arrival activities for the first crew rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket following certification by NASA for regular flights to the space station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the space station around 11 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.
Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.
ABOVE VIDEO: Crew Dragon’s test flight with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley onboard the spacecraft marked the return of U.S. human spaceflight and the first-time in history a commercial company successfully transported NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and back home to Earth.
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