NASA & SpaceX - First Crewed Flight DM-2 Mission patch.
May 31,2020
In this video, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley take viewers on a tour of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft that will take them on a 19-hour-journey to their new home in orbit.
Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft on Its Way to the Space Station
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Pad 39A at 3:22 p.m. EDT on May 30 with the astronauts aboard for a mission to the orbiting laboratory. Crew Dragon will perform a series of phasing maneuvers to gradually approach and autonomously dock with the International Space Station on Sunday, May 31, at approximately 10:29 a.m. EDT (04:29 GMT).
Crew Dragon Separates from SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, Sets Course for International Space Station
Crew Dragon Separates from SpaceX Falcon 9; Sets Course for International Space Station
Video above: The SpaceX Crew Dragon, with astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken on board, has separated from the Falcon 9 rocket after launching at 3:22 p.m. EDT on May 30, 2020 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After Crew Dragon separates from the second stage, a series of phasing maneuvers will be performed for the spacecraft to gradually approach and autonomously dock with the space station on Sunday, May 31, at approximately 10:29 a.m. EDT (04:29 GMT).
Image above: Coverage of Expedition 63 flight control team with Flight Director Zebulon Scoville during SpaceX DM-2 launch in Mission Control Center station flight control room FCR-1 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Image Credits: NASA/Bill Stafford.
International Space Station (ISS). Animation Credit: NASA
This marks the first launch of astronauts from U.S. soil since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, this will be SpaceX’s final flight test, paving the way for NASA to certify the crew transportation system for regular, crewed flights to the orbiting laboratory.
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Related links:
NASA TV: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive
Commercial Crew Program: http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
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