The SpaceX NASA launch, postponed due to bad weather yesterday, is scheduled to lift off at 7:27 p.m., EST tonight, assuming the weather doesn't prompt a scratch again:
SpaceX will launch a crew of four astronauts today (Nov. 15) on its first operational flight for NASA and you can watch the historic flight online.
The flight is scheduled to blast off from Pad 39A here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:27 p.m. EST (0027 GMT on Nov. 16) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew Dragon capsule with four Crew-1 astronauts members strapped inside. [snip]
Today's highly-anticipated flight is SpaceX's first operational mission of its Dragon crew capsule, called Crew-1. The spacecraft is bound for the International Space Station, carrying with it three NASA astronauts and one Japanese spaceflyer.
The Crew-1 mission is commanded by NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, with fellow NASA astronaut Victor Glover as pilot. Also onboard will be NASA astronaut Shannon Walker and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi. Crew-1 will be Glover's first spaceflight and a return to orbit for his crewmates. The mission will last about six months.
Fingers crossed.
(Photo: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Crew-1 awaiting launch/ Elon Musk/SpaceX/Twitter)
