CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is rolling out the International Space Station’s red carpet for Tom Cruise to make a movie in orbit.
The space agency’s administrator, Jim Bridenstine, said before Wednesday’s planned launch of two NASA astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket that Elon Musk’s company is already getting customers eager to blast off.
Cruise is one of them.
Recorded May 27, 2020: Watch history unfold on Wednesday, May 27, as NASA and SpaceX launch astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station. This mission marks the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 that humans will fly to the space station from U.S. soil.
Tune in starting at 12:15 p.m. EDT as NASA and SpaceX provide joint, live coverage from launch to arrival at the space station. Teams are targeting 4:33 p.m. EDT for the launch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the space station at 11:29 a.m. Thursday, May 28.
Learn more about the mission: https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica/
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NASA and SpaceX officials have given the “go” for launch on a mission that will return human spaceflight to the International Space Station from U.S. soil on an American rocket and spacecraft as a part of our NASA Commercial Crew Program.
Tune in to https://nasa.gov/live starting at 6 p.m. EDT to hear updates from #LaunchAmerica mission experts.
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Exploring the Gold colour planet of our Solar system — Saturn.
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NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will become the first humans to launch to the International Space Station from American soil since the final space shuttle mission in 2011. Don’t miss our live coverage, including video from the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft!
Full #LaunchAmerica schedule: https://go.nasa.gov/2ZEjMaF
NASA and SpaceX are ready to launch on 27th May 2020 but how? What preparation have they done? What is Crew Dragon? How does it work? All of your questions are answered in this video.
Our #LaunchAmerica mission passed its final major review today at NASA’s Space Launch System in Florida, and teams received the “go” to proceed toward launch. NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are scheduled to liftoff aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft Wednesday at 4:33 p.m. EDT: https://go.nasa.gov/2ATRHSq
Very excited about this!
NASA and SpaceX are closer than ever to a moment both have been preparing for since the beginning of the Commercial Crew program in 2010. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft are now set to fly with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken onboard, making a trip to the International Space Station, and both the agency and SpaceX announced today that they have officially passed the final flight readiness review, meaning everything is now a ‘go’ for launch.
According to NASA Commercial Crew Program manager Kathy Leuders during a press conference on Monday, everything went well with all pre-launch flight checks thus far, including a full-length static test fire of the Falcon 9’s engines, and a dress rehearsal of all launch preparation including strapping Hurley and Behnken into the rocket.
The only remaining major hurdle for SpaceX and NASA now is the weather, which is currently only looking around 40% favorable for a launch attempt on schedule for Wednesday, May 27 at 4:33 PM EDT, though during today’s press conference officials noted it is actually trending upwards as of today.
