SpaceX Crew Dragon’s first operational Crew-1 flight will include NASA’s Shannon Waker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins JXA’s Sochi Noguchi.
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This is no longer a test. SpaceX is considering replacing the normal part of NASA operations with the International Space Station astronaut. Crew-1 mission – Its first crew rotation flight – Sunday, November 15. Initially scheduled for Saturday, the launch was pulled back due to coastal winds and potential problems in the recovery operation.
Groundbreaking of SpaceX Two NASA astronauts were safely delivered to the ISS by the Demo-2 mission In the month of May. The first time a real human tested a crew dragon was both harrowing and exciting. Crew-1 will follow a successful mission with the launch on the Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein tweeted that the launch was late On friday. The weather needs to be good not only at the launch site, but also out of the water The astronauts will land in case of a launch crisis.
UPDATE: Due to coastal winds and recovery operations, સા NASA And SpaceX Is targeting the launch of the Crew-1 mission with astronauts Space_station Sunday, November 15 at 7:27 p.m. The first stage booster is planned to be used by astronauts to fly on Crew-2 again. #Lunch America
– Jim Bridenstein (Gimbredensine) November 13, 2020
Crew-1 will take Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and NASA’s Shannon Waker to the station for a six-month stay at Japan’s JXA’s Sochi Noguchi. The crew named the spacecraft “Resilience.”
NASA will stream live the launch on Sunday and provide continuous coverage of the mission, including docking, hatch opening and reception. The lift off fun is targeted for PT at 4:27 p.m., though coverage will begin soon.
The launch was already postponed to an earlier date Technical problem with some Falcon 9 rocket engines U.S. During a previous launch for the Space Force GPS Satellite Mission.
Founder of SpaceX Elon Musk said he could have COVID-19 on Friday, But there is no indication yet if this affects the crew dragon launch. The astronauts have been in the leading quarantine until launch.
In a statement on Tuesday, NASA announced Crew Dragon as “the first new crew spacecraft to be certified by NASA for regular flights with astronauts almost 40 years ago.” Dramatic photos tweeted by SpaceX The crew is also showing the Dragon and Falcon 9ical on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center earlier in the week.
SpaceX and the Boeing Agency are NASA partners Commercial Crew Program, An attempt to bring the astronaut back to U.S. soil after years of reliance on Russian spacecraft. Crew-1 is a landmark moment in this process.
For more on Crew-1, here’s what you need to know.
