- SpaceX and NASA are planning the launch of the first crewed flight of Crew Dragon to the International Space Station as early as May.
- The mission will see two NASA astronauts travel to the ISS after being launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- A delay in the mission is possible, especially given the current pandemic and slowdowns as NASA urges much of its workforce to work from home.
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NASA and SpaceX are targeting the launch of the first crewed mission in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for mid-to-late May, according to the US space agency. The launch will be the first crewed mission into space launched from US soil since the last launch of the Space Shuttle way back in 2011.
The launch, which will take place from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will see a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fire the Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Onboard the spacecraft will be NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. The mission follows a successful uncrewed test flight of the Crew Dragon to the ISS months earlier.
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