SpaceX Crew Dragon Meets Falcon 9 and Goes Vertical at Launch Pad for Historic 1st Astronaut Launch: Photos

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen as it is raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Demo-2 mission, Thursday, May 21, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.   Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls  

21 May 2020

Ken Kremer - -  For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  The first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and integrated Crew Dragon spacecraft that will launch humans to space on its historic 1^st astronaut mission has rolled out this morning May 21 to the pad and gone vertical ahead of blastoff still 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.

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