SpaceX
Earlier today, NASA and SpaceX officials conducted a Flight Readiness Review for the Demo-2 flight at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...with both parties agreeing to stick with next Wednesday as the historic day when astronauts will launch from U.S. soil for the first time since 2011. Over two hours later—at 1:33 PM, Pacific Daylight Time—a static fire was successfully conducted by the Falcon 9 rocket that will send astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on their momentous journey to the International Space Station.
With the launch date officially set, Hurley and Behnken will suit up and conduct a dry dress rehearsal inside their Crew Dragon capsule at Launch Complex 39A tomorrow...with a Launch Readiness Review scheduled for Memorial Day (May 25). Assuming all goes as planned on Saturday and next Monday, the excitement at Cape Canaveral will be palpable leading up to May 27 as America ushers in a new era of human spaceflight!
NASA / Bill Ingalls
NASA / Joel Kowsky
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