Valin Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 First manned SpaceX Crew Dragon flight set for May 27 liftoff David Szondy April 17, 2020 The date for SpaceX's first manned Crew Dragon flight has been set. NASA announced that the Demo-2 mission will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 27, 2020, at 4:32 pm EDT with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard. The first manned mission to launch from American soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, Demo-2 will be the final test flight by SpaceX before certification for making regular flights to the International Space Station (ISS) to ferry crews back and forth. In addition to the systems of the Crew Dragon being tested in orbit, the launch pad, rocket, spacecraft, and operational capabilities will be put through their paces back on Earth. After the Crew Dragon reaches orbit, the spacecraft systems, including the environmental control system, displays, control system, and maneuvering thrusters will be given a thorough testing. Around 24 hours after launch, the craft will rendezvous and dock with the ISS. According to NASA, this, as well as the undocking, will be an autonomous operation, though it will be supervised by the crew of the Dragon and the space station. (Snip) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Apr. 20 2020 The private manned, for profit, space flight era gets its official launch on May 28, the date NASA and SpaceX have set to send Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in a Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket. _________________________________________________________________________________________ T Minus 38 days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valin Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Related................ May 1 2020 NASA picks Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and Dynetics to build a lunar lander, slated for a 2024 moon mission. Bill Whittle, creator of the four-part documentary 'Apollo 11: What We Saw', looks at the progress (as Jackie Gleason would say 'bang zoom!') to the moon, and the promise of profits in our off-the-planet future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 May 1 2020 Five contractors submitted proposals for the Artemis Human Landing system in November, and yesterday the final 3 were announced and give cash awards to work on their concepts before the final selection. The three winners were Blue Origin, Dynetics and SpaceX but many were surprised that not only did SpaceX propose using Starship, a vehicle vastly more ambitious than required, but, NASA included them as a finalist. This marks the first time NASA has put money directly torwards Starship development. Most believe the other two options are the safe bets, but this give SpaceX another 10 months to show significant progress on Starship and SuperHeavy development. If all goes well it might very well be used to take NASA astronauts to the moon as part of Artemis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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