{"id":23387,"date":"2020-05-22T22:42:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/elon-musk-wants-everyone-to-celebrate-spacex-astronaut-launch-it-will-be-an-incredible-moment-for-humanity\/"},"modified":"2020-05-22T22:42:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:42:30","slug":"elon-musk-wants-everyone-to-celebrate-spacex-astronaut-launch-it-will-be-an-incredible-moment-for-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/elon-musk-wants-everyone-to-celebrate-spacex-astronaut-launch-it-will-be-an-incredible-moment-for-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk wants everyone to celebrate SpaceX astronaut launch: \u2018It will be an incredible moment for humanity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"1386\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/05\/22\/elon-musk-wants-everyone-to-celebrate-spacex-astronaut-launch-it-will-be-an-incredible-moment-for-humanity\/musk-space-dm-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"1970,970\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"musk space dm-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where will Elon Musk be when his company SpaceX launches astronauts to space for the first time in history on Wednesday? Elon biographer and <em>Businessweek<\/em> reporter Ashlee Vance has published a pre-launch interview with the SpaceX founder that answers that question and more.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-1383\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, May 27, at 4:33 p.m. EDT to send NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstration space flight will mark SpaceX\u2019s first launch in history that includes crew. SpaceX has spent years mastering the art of rocket launching with contracts to send cargo to the space station, but never astronauts before the Demo-2 mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk won\u2019t be space-bound yet, however, but he will have his feet planted safely on Earth alongside the NASA and SpaceX teams at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. <\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-1383',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When the launch does take place, Musk will head to Cape Canaveral and sit with the SpaceX and NASA teams as they do their final engineering reviews. If the weather cooperates and all the technology performs as designed, two humans will safely exit the pandemic and head for the stars. \u201cAssuming it\u2019s successful\u2014I don\u2019t want to seem presumptuous\u2014then it will be an incredible moment for humanity,\u201d Musk says. \u201cI think it\u2019s something that everyone should be able to celebrate.\u201d As in parties? In person? Seriously? \u201cI think we can have parties,\u201d he says. \u201cYeah, we\u2019ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years of extensive work have gone into making the Demo-2 mission and NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew program possible. The mission will mark the return of human spaceflight to America for the first time since 2011. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-rich wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNdr867ylAQ?version=3&amp;rel=0&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elon says \u201cprobably 10,000 tests of one kind or another that have taken place\u201d with possibly as many meetings before the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon take off on Wednesday. If the launch is scrubbed for any reason including weather conditions, NASA and SpaceX will target a similar launch window on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also: President Trump may attend SpaceX DM-2 launch, suggests putting reporters on&nbsp;rocket<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 250px; height: 780px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=apollozac&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1263895401393840128&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2020%2F05%2F22%2Felon-musk-wants-everyone-to-celebrate-spacex-astronaut-launch-it-will-be-an-incredible-moment-for-humanity%2F&amp;sessionId=b4ee48bda3d6978478c4ca137b6d99eceb9f915c&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1263895401393840128\"><\/iframe><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where will Elon Musk be when his company SpaceX launches astronauts to space for the first time in history on Wednesday? 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