13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
... launch. From left; Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins and Soichi Noguchi – NASA's first Commercial Crew astronauts who are heading to the ISS in SpaceX's Crew Dragon tomorrow (14 November, 2020), weather permitting. Image: NASA
16 November 2020
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
... at 7:27 pm EST Sunday from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with...
22 April 2019
Anomaly during SpaceX test could delay its first crewed flight
... Cape Canaveral during the test that was big enough to show up on radar. Although SpaceX did not disclose at the time what Crew Dragon vehicle was being used for this test, it has now been confirmed that...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
If all goes according to plan, then by this time tomorrow, a Crew Dragon test capsule will be launched on the end of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket towards the International Space Station for the first time. Weather permitting, liftoff is planned ...
30 May 2020
An historic day for US spaceflight as Crew Dragon launches successfully
... within reach after the successful end to Demo-2; the final major step required by SpaceX's Crew Dragon, in order to get certified by Nasa's Commercial Crew Programme for more long-term manned missions to space. It was the third spaceflight each...
20 January 2020
SpaceX complete final major flight test of crew spacecraft
.... “We are thrilled with the progress NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is making and look forward to the next milestone for Crew Dragon.” As part of the test, SpaceX configured Crew Dragon to trigger a launch escape about 1.5 minutes after liftoff...
