Tag: Crew-1
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Veteran Japanese astronaut to become SpaceX’s first international passenger
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi has traveled to the International Space Station on a space shuttle and a Russian capsule. He’s now gearing up to launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship, becoming only the third person to launch from Earth into…
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Offshore conditions bump crew launch to Sunday
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION File photo of SpaceX’s drone ship “Just Read the Instructions.” Credit: SpaceX After 10 years, two successful test flights and a $6 billion investment in American enterprise, NASA is poised to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station this weekend, the first government-certified flight of a commercially…
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Astronauts rehearse for launch day as mission managers watch weather
Crew-1 astronauts Soichi Noguchi, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and Victor Glover pose inside the Crew Access Arm at pad 39A Thursday. Credit: NASA/SpaceX The four astronauts preparing to ride SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Resilience” into orbit climbed aboard their spaceship Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in a practice run for a launch to the International…
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Falcon 9 rocket fires up in crucial test before weekend crew launch
SpaceX test-fires a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday afternoon at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, clearing a major hurdle before it launches Saturday night — weather permitting — with a four-person crew heading for the…
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SpaceX conducts static fire test on Falcon 9 for Crew-1 mission
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 rocket tasked with the first operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-1. The flight will be SpaceX’s second crewed flight and their first rotation mission with four astronauts onboard. The test firing occurred at around 3:49pm Eastern at KSC 39A in Florida. Lead image: Stephen Marr…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket rolled out to pad 39A for Crew-1 launch
SpaceX raised a 215-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket on pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week, shortly after the launcher rolled out of the company’s hangar with a Crew Dragon spaceship to ferry four astronauts to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket emerged from SpaceX’s hangar at the southern…
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SpaceX, NASA, JAXA clear Crew-1 for launch; static fire delayed to Wednesday
For the first time since 1982, NASA has certified a spaceship to operationally carry humans into low Earth orbit. At the Kennedy Space Center today, NASA and SpaceX — with JAXA’s participation — formally certified the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to transport people to and from the Space Station and cleared the…
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NASA formally certifies SpaceX’s Crew Dragon for “operational” astronaut flights
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft and its Falcon 9 rocket inside SpaceX’s hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX NASA officials gave approval Tuesday for SpaceX to begin regular crew rotation flights to the International Space Station with the launch of four astronauts set for Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center in…
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Photos: Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 ready for rollout to pad 39A
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket — stretching 215 feet long — are ready for rollout to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the launch of four astronauts Saturday night to the International Space Station. These photos taken inside SpaceX’s hangar at the southern perimeter of pad 39A.…
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Crew Dragon astronauts arrive in Florida for launch preparations
Crew-1 astronauts Soichi Noguchi, Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Mike Hopkins arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for their final week of launch preparations. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now With eyes on Tropical Storm Eta approaching South Florida, the four astronauts set to launch next Saturday on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft…