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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Fri May 29, 2020, 04:58 PM May 2020

How to watch historic SpaceX astronaut launch on Saturday


By Stephanie Pappas - Live Science Contributor 7 hours ago



NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 crew members Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley wave to their families, friends and support team members as they prepare to depart for Launch Complex 39A on May 27, 2020.
(Image: © NASA TV)

If all goes well, American astronauts will launch from U.S. soil to the International Space Station for the first time since 2011 on Saturday (May 30).

The SpaceX and NASA mission, called the Demo-2 mission, is a test flight of the private space company's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. It will deliver astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station (ISS) for a stay of undecided length.

The launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida was originally scheduled for Wednesday, May 27, but was canceled due to bad weather with less than 20 minutes left to go before liftoff. The next opportunity for launch is at 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT) on May 30, and the launch will be livestreamed on Live Science.

Approximately 24 hours after reaching orbit, the spacecraft will dock with the ISS, and the two astronauts will join the current ISS Expedition 63 crew, which consists of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin. The Crew Dragon is capable of remaining in orbit for 110 days; the length of the Demo-2 mission will be determined once the astronauts are on the station "based on the readiness of the next commercial crew launch," NASA said.

More:
https://www.livescience.com/spacex-crew-dragon-launch-how-to-watch.html?utm_source=notification
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How to watch historic SpaceX astronaut launch on Saturday (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2020 OP
Looks like Matt Damon... Budi May 2020 #1
Guy on the left is Jean-Luc Picard SCantiGOP May 2020 #3
They say he's a 'fictional character', but we all know him as Budi May 2020 #4
SpaceX's historic Demo-2 Crew Dragon astronaut launch: Full coverage Judi Lynn May 2020 #2
The historic SpaceX-NASA launch could once again be scrubbed due to bad weather nitpicker May 2020 #5
 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
4. They say he's a 'fictional character', but we all know him as
Fri May 29, 2020, 05:30 PM
May 2020

..the Captain of the starship USS Enterprise.

He is real and Jean-Luc Picard & Matt Damon are about to, once again, make history.

How fun would that be onboard their NASA's SpaceX Demo-2.
The lift off alone ..dang!

🙂

Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
2. SpaceX's historic Demo-2 Crew Dragon astronaut launch: Full coverage
Fri May 29, 2020, 05:04 PM
May 2020

By Mike Wall 5 hours ago

Updated May 29 at 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT).

SpaceX's first attempt to make history with its first astronaut launch has been delayed due to bad weather. Read our full story.

The next launch try will be on Saturday, May 30, at 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT). A backup launch date is also available on Sunday, May 31. Watch the SpaceX launch live here and on Space.com's homepage, courtesy of NASA TV. See our full coverage of the historic mission below.

Elon Musk's space company will fly its first crewed mission, a test flight called Demo-2 to send NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station on a Crew Dragon capsule. It will lift off from Pad 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The weather forecast on Saturday is currently 60% GO.

More:
https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-demo-2-test-flight-explained.html

nitpicker

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5. The historic SpaceX-NASA launch could once again be scrubbed due to bad weather
Sat May 30, 2020, 05:07 AM
May 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/30/weather/spacex-launch-forecast-saturday-florida/index.html

The historic SpaceX-NASA launch could once again be scrubbed due to bad weather

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist

Updated 3:00 AM ET, Sat May 30, 2020

(CNN) — The first crewed spaceflight to take off from the US in nearly a decade is scheduled to launch on Saturday.

The latest weather forecast puts the odds of a go or no-go decision at 50/50 -- just as it was on Wednesday, when SpaceX and NASA's first attempt at a launch was scrubbed.
"Saturday and Sunday could turn out to have very similar weather as Wednesday did," said CNN meteorologist Haley Brink, referring to the postponed launch. "We may be waiting on a game-time decision again this weekend."

The next launch opportunity is Saturday at 3:22 p.m. ET, with a backup window of 3 p.m. ET on Sunday.
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