Saturday, May 23, 2020

Photos of the Day #2: The Demo-2 Dry Dress Rehearsal Is Complete!

At Launch Complex (LC)-39A, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken pose in front of the Falcon 9 rocket that will send them to the International Space Station on May 27, 2020...weather permitting.
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Earlier today, Demo-2 astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken ventured out to Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex (LC)-39A to conduct a dry dress rehearsal for next Wednesday's hopeful and historic launch to the International Space Station (ISS). Wearing their white SpaceX-fabricated flight suits, Hurley and Behnken got seated inside their Crew Dragon capsule at LC-39A to practice all of the procedures that will be carried out during the May 27 countdown. With the dry dress rehearsal now complete, only the Launch Readiness Review (scheduled for this Monday) needs to be held before Demo-2 is finally ready to go.


As of right now, weather at Kennedy Space Center is 40% 'GO' for lift-off (according to the 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral) by the Falcon 9 rocket that will send the Demo-2 crew on its way to the ISS this Wednesday. Stay tuned.

NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken walk down the hallway at their Kennedy Space Center crew quarter prior to heading to LC-39A for the Demo-2 dry dress rehearsal...on May 23, 2020.
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NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are suited up and ready to conduct the Demo-2 dry dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A...on May 23, 2020.
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Flight controllers monitor Demo-2 dry dress rehearsal activities from the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on May 23, 2020.
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Flight controllers monitor Demo-2 dry dress rehearsal activities from the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on May 23, 2020.
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Inside their Crew Dragon capsule, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken go through procedures that they will carry out during launch day on May 27, 2020...weather permitting.
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