Friday, March 1, 2019

SpaceX Set To Launch Crew Dragon Test Flight On Saturday

In an important move towards launching astronauts into space, Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX is getting set to launch an important, test flight of its Crew Dragon on Saturday, from Florida. The first Crew Dragon spacecraft was rolled out onto Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, where it is now being prepped for an early Saturday morning launch. The test flight--which will include the human carrying capsule but no astronauts--is expected to launch at 2:49am EST on Saturday, and if successful will dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday around 6am. The Crew Dragon capsule is then scheduled to return back to earth on March 8th, splashing down in the Atlantic ocean.