NASA and SpaceX Prepare for Crew Demo-2 Mission
NASA and SpaceX Prepare for Crew Demo-2 Mission
In this black and white infrared image, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission, on May 25, 2020, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency's Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX's crew transportation system. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are scheduled to launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 27, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. NASA Photo by Joel Kowsky/UPI
OTR:
WAX2020052610
Date:
May 26, 2020
Object Name:
NASA SPACEX CREW
Keywords:
Space Exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Commercial Crew Program, Human Spaceflight
Category:
American News
Supplemental Codes:
Science




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