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SpaceX Crew-1 Hardware Is On The Launch pad

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
November 11, 2020
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SpaceX Crew-1 Hardware Is On The Launch pad
SpaceX Crew-1 Hardware Is On The Launch pad
NASA

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A.
SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first operational mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to launch at 7:49 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 14, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky) nhq202011100002 (Nov. 10, 2020) – Larger image

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