WATCH: SpaceX, NASA Make History After Successful Crew-1 Mission Launches Four Astronauts from Kennedy Space Center
By Space Coast Daily // November 15, 2020
targeting 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 15, for liftoff
ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX and NASA are targeting Sunday, November 15 for Falcon 9’s launch of Dragon’s first operational crew mission (Crew-1) to the International Space Station (ISS) from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – 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 on board 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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