Author: Stephanie Valera / Source: Geek.com
It’s a “go” for SpaceX’s first uncrewed flight of its passenger capsule. After a flight readiness review Friday, NASA and SpaceX have decided to proceed with plans to conduct Demo-1, the first uncrewed test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Crew Dragon will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:48 a.m. EST Saturday, March 2. It is scheduled to dock to the space station at approximately 5:55 a.m. Sunday, March 3, according to NASA.
#CrewDragon is a ‘go’ for launch! Today at @NASAKennedy, we held a flight readiness review for the March 2 liftoff of @SpaceX Demo-1. Before every launch, teams meet to review the work to be ready for flight. Watch NASA TV at 6pm ET for the latest news: https://t.co/kFnoUyWTAd pic.twitter.com/Ov8cXiE70m
— NASA (@NASA)
No one will be aboard the Crew Dragon Demo-1 flight to the ISS, only an instrumented dummy in a white SpaceX spacesuit. But if all goes well, two NASA astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, will take off aboard Crew Dragon Demo-2 on the first piloted test flight scheduled for July.
Next week’s mission is considered a critical milestone in NASA’s $6.8…
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