ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR SPACEX COMMERCIAL CREW DEMO-1 FLIGHT

Hey Space Placers!

On March 2, at 2:29 a.m. EST, SpaceX will try to launch its Crew Dragon spacecraft using a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A.

An artist concept of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
CREDIT: SpaceX

It will be uncrewed and launched to dock with the International Space Station on March 3rd. The mission, Demo-1, is a crucial test for NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Live coverage will be provided by NASA starting at 2:00 a.m.

If Demo-1 proves successful the next mission should be with a NASA crew later this year.

The other Commercial Crew Partner, Boeing and its CST 100 Starliner, is also expected to conduct an uncrewed test flight in 2019.

If either is successful with a crewed launch it would mark the first time in EIGHT YEARS that NASA has launched a crew from Kennedy Space Center. No longer will the Russians have the only crew rated spacecraft in the world.

Let's light this candle!

Sky Guy in VA


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