7 monthes ago | By CNET
If weather cooperates, a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to carry two NASA astronauts from US soil to the space station at 1:33 p.m. PT/4:33 p.m. ET.
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7 monthes ago | By The Mirror
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are being launched into space on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a 400 kilometre journey to the International Space Station
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7 monthes ago | By Daily Mail
Bob Behnken, 49, and Doug Hurley, 53, are at the helm of SpaceX's first ever crewed spaceflight - the first voyage to the ISS since 2011. Donald Trump and his wife will travel to Florida to watch.
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7 monthes ago | By Business Insider
SpaceX is set to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday.
If successful, it will be the first crewed US spacecraft launch since the end of NASA's space shuttle program in 2011.
The historic launch is the product of NASA's Commercial Crew program, a partnership between the space agency and private companies to build spaceships that can ferry astronauts to and from the space station.
Since 2011, NASA has been buying seats for its astronauts on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The program is meant to end that.
Boeing is also building a spaceship as part of the...
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7 monthes ago | By Business Insider
On Wednesday afternoon, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft plans to launch its Demo-2 mission.
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are set to pilot the fully automated ship with a touchscreen control panel.
"Growing up as a pilot, my whole career having a certain way to control the vehicle, this is certainly different," Hurley said.
"For those of us who've been living with switches from the 60s for all these years," Behnken added, "a modern interface is something that's pretty exciting."
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Nearly a decade ago, the space shuttle...
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7 monthes ago | By Spaceflight Now
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft stand on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Mission managers will be closely monitoring the weather for the first launch of astronauts aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, not just around the Kennedy Space Center, but along a corridor stretching thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean in case the crew capsule has to escape from its Falcon 9 rocket during the climb into orbit.
The parameters to screen for acceptable weather downrange were added on top of the standard launch weather...
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7 monthes ago | By Spaceflight Now
Live coverage of the mission of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon spacecraft, and Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on Dragon's first crewed test flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter .
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Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of the Falcon 9 rocket on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
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7 monthes ago | By Daily Express
SPACEX'S launch of two NASA astronauts today is looking increasingly uncertain due to deteriorating weather conditions.
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7 monthes ago | By Daily Express
NASA'S coverage of the SpaceX Crew Dragon launch today marks the return of crewed spaceflight to US soil. Watch the historic NASA launch live online here.
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