Saturday, May 23, 2020

NASA and SpaceX give GO for Historic 1st Crew Dragon Astronaut Launch after Successful Engine Test: Photos


SpaceX conducts successful static fire test of Falcon 9 first stage engines at 4:33 p.m. EDT on May 22 with exhaust spewing out from the flame trench at Launch Complex-39A on NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, FL, for Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission slated for launch May 27, 2020.  As seen from the Indian River lagoon, Titusville, FL.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com 
22 May 2020

Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  Following a two day long Flight Readiness Review and a successful test firing of the critical 1st stage engines later this afternoon, the NASA and SpaceX teams gave the GO for launch of the first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and integrated Crew Dragon spacecraft that will launch humans to space on its historic 1st astronaut mission slated for next week Wednesday, May 27 from the Florida Space Coast to the International Space Station (ISS) - as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

https://www.spaceupclose.com/2020/05/nasa-and-spacex-give-go-for-historic-1st-crew-dragon-astronaut-launch-after-successful-engine-test-photos/

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