Still, commercial crew has managed to move faster and stay on budget compared to other NASA projects which explicitly eschew private capital and insist that NASA is the only suitable customer for their wares. The agency estimates it saved as much as $30 billion by building its new spacecraft this way.
What if THIS is the most important thing that happens in 2020?
On May 30th, SpaceX is slated to launch its first human passengers to space on the company’s new Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission is a critical test flight for NASA as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program, aimed at getting private companies to create vehicles that can take astronauts to orbit. Here’s what to expect as the mission unfolds.
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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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.
