Tag: Crew Dragon
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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…
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Photos: Crew-1 astronauts greeted at Kennedy Space Center
Crew Dragon commander Mike Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi flew to the Kennedy Space Center on a NASA-chartered private jet Sunday, ready for a final week of training, refresher courses, and some time off before their launch to the International Space Station. The astronauts arrived at the Florida…
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Live coverage: Crew launch delayed to Sunday
Live coverage of pre-flight preparations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon spacecraft, and Crew-1 astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi on a flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ‘
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Crew-1 astronauts arrive for launch as Tropical Storm Eta looms
Astronauts Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their upcoming launch to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX’s Crew-1 will be the first operational, long-duration mission to the ISS onboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft and NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff from Launch Complex…
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Crew Dragon “Resilience” meets Falcon 9 rocket at Florida spaceport
The Crew Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX’s first operational crew rotation mission to the International Space Station has arrived inside a hangar near pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. SpaceX teams there will attach the capsule to its Falcon 9 launcher. Credit: SpaceX Fully fueled for a flight to the International Space Station later this…