NASA & SpaceX - First Crewed Flight DM-2 Mission patch.
May 27, 2020
Image above: The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft stand on Launch Complex 39A on May 27, 2020. Image credit: NASA TV.
NASA and SpaceX have scrubbed today’s launch attempt of the Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley due to unfavorable weather conditions around Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX Demo-2 Astronauts enter Crew Dragon
SpaceX will begin removing propellant from the Falcon 9 rocket and then the astronauts will exit the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Launch coverage will continue until the crew has left the pad for Astronaut Crew Quarters.
Our next launch attempt will be at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX Demo-2: Astronauts Exit Crew Dragon after Scrub
Image above: The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft stand on Launch Complex 39A during the launch delay announcement on May 27, 2020. Image credits: ISS HD Live Now/NASA TV/Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
SpaceX completed propellant offload of the Falcon 9 rocket after weather scrubbed today’s launch attempt for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have exited the Crew Dragon spacecraft and are departing the Launch Complex 39A area at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew now will head back to Astronaut Crew Quarters.
SpaceX Demo-2 aborted launch
Our next launch attempt will be at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch coverage will begin at 11 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website, as well as numerous other platforms. A launch Saturday would lead to docking Sunday about 10:20 a.m.
Related links:
NASA Television: http://www.nasa.gov/live
Commercial Crew Program: http://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew
International Space Station: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Images (mentioned), Videos, Text, Credits: NASA/Anna Heiney/NASA TV/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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