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WASHINGTON-More than 50 years after viewers were glued to their televisions for the Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA will once again air a landmark mission with coverage of test flight SpaceX Demo-2.
Part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, SpaceX Demo-2 test flight will make NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley travel to the International Space Station, the first time that a commercially built and operated American rocket will carry humans. to the space station. The event also marks the first time that astronauts have been launched into space on American rockets and from American soil since 2011.
NASA will broadcast live pre-launch and launch activities on NASA television and the agency’s website. The release date is currently scheduled for May 27 at 4:32 p.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The docking to the ISS will be shown live at 11:29 a.m. ET on May 28.
This is intended to be the final test flight of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which aims to establish “safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station,” NASA said.
Media coverage of pre-launch events will be done remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic, while there will be a limited number of press at the Kennedy Space Center to cover the launch.
For more information and a coverage schedule, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew.
