Crew Dragon Resilience has ARRIVED. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission arrived at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on Thursday, Nov. 5, after making the trek from its processing facility at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities and events ahead of the launch the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station.
In just seven days (Nov. 14) the spacecraft will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission. The launch marks the first fully certified crew rotation flight of a commercial space vehicle, making it the first of regular flights for our Commercial Crew Program. NASA revealed in an Instagram post.
This mission will mark the first crew rotation mission with four astronauts flying on a commercial spacecraft, and the first including an international partner.
Are you ready? Watch live NASA TV coverage of this historic mission starting at 3:30 p.m. EST (8:30 p.m. UTC) on Nov. 14. Liftoff is scheduled for 7:49 p.m. EST (12:49 a.m. UTC).
The Crew Dragon is scheduled to dock to the space station at 4:20 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. Launch, prelaunch activities, and docking will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.
People can also register via NASA’s Facebook event page.
