This evening, the first operational mission of the SpaceX crew Dragon spacecraft, ready to go in flight, took the crew of four to the International Space Station. The mission, scheduled for 7:27 a.m. ET, marks the start of the ISS for SpaceX and the start of a regular crew mission, as the company establishes a space route for NASA astronauts – and finally private clients.
Tonight’s flight includes three NASA astronauts – Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Waker – as well as Sochi Noguchi of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. The crew will sit on the ISS for six months before returning to Earth inside the dragon in the spring.
Live coverage of NASA’s flight will begin at 15: 15 PM, but before the crew can begin to adapt to the custom SpaceX pressure suite, they will go into space on the flight. They will then fly to the launch pad at 4PM ET at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to board the crew dragon and hop inside the spacecraft. Once they get stuck in it, the hatch will close around 5:30 p.m. Then it’s time to wait until the liftoff.
How much is SpaceX’s Crew-1 launch?
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will take off from the company’s launch site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday, November 15.
Scheduled launch time: New York: 7:27 pm / San Francisco: 4:27 pm / London: 12:27 am (November 16) / Berlin: 1:25 am (November 16) / Moscow: 3:27 am (November 16) / New Delhi: 5:57 a.m. (November 16) / Beijing: 8:27 am (November 16) / Tokyo: 9:27 am (November 16) / Melbourne: 11:27 am (November 16)
How to watch SpaceX’s crew dragon live:
Live stream: NASA’s livestream coverage can be found on YouTube and the agency’s website.
