History was made yesterday (Saturday) as the first SpaceX manned mission successful launched two NASA astronauts into orbit.
27.05.2020 - 21:01 / tvguide.com
America will meet a couple of milestone moments on Wednesday as a spacecraft carrying astronauts takes off from U.S. soil for the first time since 2011 — and for the first time from a commercial, non-government spacecraft.
Two passengers, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, will shoot up into the great beyond from the Kennedy Space Center aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule; they're expected to lift off from the pad 39A at 4:33 p.m. EST for a 19-hour journey to the
History was made yesterday (Saturday) as the first SpaceX manned mission successful launched two NASA astronauts into orbit.
A pair of astronauts have been propelled into space after the historic SpaceX rocket launch went ahead this evening.
By Anita Bennett
Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are all suited up while saying goodbye to their families ahead of the NASA & SpaceX rocket launch on Saturday (May 30) at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
SpaceX and NASA have come together to launch astronauts into space tonight - which will be the first time from US soil in nine years.
Update 5/30 11 a.m. ET: The SpaceX/NASA launch is scheduled for Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 p.m. ET, barring any changes. You can watch a live stream of the launch on NASA's YouTube channel or on its website, or on SpaceX's YouTube channel. If today's launch is scrubbed, they'll try again tomorrow at 3 p.m. ET.
For the first time in almost a decade, the United States will launch its own astronauts into space. History will be made at 3:22 PM ET, on May 30, 2020 when SpaceX — the commercial space flight company founded by Elon Musk — sends a manned craft into Earth’s orbit. After the first launch was cancelled earlier this week due to bad weather, it is hoped the skies will remain clear for a successful launch.
By Brian Steinberg
SpaceX and NASA will reattempt the launch of their manned mission to the International Space Station on Saturday evening.
Elon Musk's company SpaceX and Nasa are set to make a second attempt to launch astronauts into space later today - and you may be able to catch sight of the rocket.
Even though Wednesday's (May 27) SpaceX mission was a bust, Kelly Clarkson still crushed an inspiring version of the National Anthem a few hours before the scrubbed launch.
UPDATE: NASA's SpaceX launch will not go on as planned after all. Citing unfavorable weather conditions, the astronauts will reconvene on Saturday, May 30 for a scheduled takeoff at 3:22 p.m.