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1st crewed launch from US since 2011 scheduled for Wed, May 27, 2020.

SpaceX's Demo-2 mission will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
  • Historic launch scheduled for Wednesday May 27 at 4:33 p.m. EDT
    • Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley to be 1st astronauts launched from US since 2011

    • Liftoff of SpaceX crew capsule will be aboard a Falcon 9 rocket

Despite NASA urging people to watch the launch from home, Titusville Police have a traffic plan in place to get people in and out of the area on launch day, monitoring busy corridors like U.S. Highway 1, State Road 406, the Max Brewer Bridge, and surrounding parks.

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/space/2020/05/21/crowds-and-traffic-crewed-spacex-launch#

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Dragon
Sending humans and cargo into space

https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/dragon/





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RadishRose said:
1st crewed launch from US since 2011 scheduled for Wed, May 27, 2020.

SpaceX's Demo-2 mission will send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
  • Historic launch scheduled for Wednesday May 27 at 4:33 p.m. EDT
    • Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley to be 1st astronauts launched from US since 2011

    • Liftoff of SpaceX crew capsule will be aboard a Falcon 9 rocket

Despite NASA urging people to watch the launch from home, Titusville Police have a traffic plan in place to get people in and out of the area on launch day, monitoring busy corridors like U.S. Highway 1, State Road 406, the Max Brewer Bridge, and surrounding parks.

https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/space/2020/05/21/crowds-and-traffic-crewed-spacex-launch#

0521_n13_spacex_crew_dragon_spacex_photo

Dragon
Sending humans and cargo into space

https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/dragon/





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Thanks for posting, Radish Rose! I'm getting ready to watch! Hopefully, I'll be indoors tomorrow morning to see the Space Station docking! One small step for us - our astronauts launching from our own soil with our own rocket! Best wishes to them!
 
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SPACEX ROCKET LAUNCHING SOON! 5.27.20 BEFORE 5 PM Eastern (USA)!

The site below has great illustrations of how the astronauts will get to the Space Station and how the rocket will return to Earth by landing on a drone ship! Amazing, in my opinion!

https://www.spacex.com/launches/index.html

WATCH IT LIVE HERE:

Hoping it doesn't get cancelled due to storm clouds - should know in next ten minutes (by 4: 20 Eastern)
 

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RadishRose said:
I'm watching abc live stream. They are now fueling. The weather may be a problem :(
https://abcnews.go.com/live

Now I'm watching SpaceX
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SCRUBBED /-; MAYBE ON MAY 30TH? SIGH....

Two launch weather rules concerning surface electrical fields and anvil clouds remained, so “no go” for launch as the countdown ticked ...

I'm sure it is very disappointing for Bob & Doug, but SAFETY first! Looking forward to another try on Saturday, May 30th at 3:22 PM.
 
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The space suits look like the one worn by the flight hostess in the film 2001 where she walked in a 360 degree circle. Just goes to how the difference between now and back when.
 
SPACEX LAUNCH - 2ND TRY - TOMORROW, MAY 30

"The launch of SpaceX Crew Dragon – formally known as Demo-2 test flight – is set for Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT (2:22 p.m. CDT) from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The flight will carry NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station."

SpaceX/NASA launch: What time is Saturday's launch? - al.com
www.al.com › news › 2020/05 › spacexnasa-launch-wh...

"Gentlemen, start your engines!" (But only if it is safe!)
 
RadishRose said:
Wahoo!

Falcon 9 with Dragon and crew successfully launched!

Bob and Doug on their way to the space station.
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Wasn't it beautiful! I love the NASA coverage - seeing our astronauts, seeing the separations, seeing the stuffed 'dragon' float up in zero G!
I've been following all day and will get back to watching for the second of the 5 burns to establish desired orbit - think I have about an hour to get off my butt and stretch. Expected trip duration 19 hours. That's a really long time for them to sit! Haha - they shut off the cameras so that the guys could strip off their spacesuits to be more comfortable for the duration. I so understand!
 
I was happy&thrilled the weather co operated for a brief moment to watch the historic launch of Falcon 9.I got goosebumps watching this all unfold
I chuckled when I saw a brief glimpse of the blue T-Rex balloon as it floated by the camera.The astronauts, Bob and Doug both have young kids,was probably a reminder of them
Hats off to Elon Musk for his great vision of a new way now for astronauts to get to the space station without involving other countries
 
Manual flight test now (from cabin view!)- ARGH - It just switched to being a political stump speech... Star Wars, The Next Generation \-;
Thank goodness for a mute button!
 
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RadishRose said:
It was thrilling! I didn't know they could remove their suits.

LOL, I thought the stuffed "dragon" was a mylar balloon,

Can you imagine- 16,000 MPH!
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A dragster can hit 330 mph in to travel one quarter mile in under for seconds. There are a group of loonies that are going to attempt to go 1,000 mile per hour on the salt flats in Utah. Oh, and the vehicle will only have on front tire! Speed is King!!
 
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1.7 million pounds of thrust to launch today versus 7 million to launce for the first Moon landing.
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Also saw that the computing power to land on the moon was less than that in a talking greeting card today! We've come a long way!
 

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