In less than 12 hours, two astronauts will fly into space from the US ground for the first time since the last space shuttle left almost a decade ago. The dress rehearsal, to verify that everything works as it should and responds as such, was on Saturday, May 23, for all launch personnel at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Everything went satisfactorily.
Now, at 4:33 PM Florida time today May 27 (10:33 PM on the Peninsula) , NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will take off, decked out in their custom-made SpaceX suits, in one go. piece and two layers, on board the ship also developed by Space X, the Crew Dragon from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Your destiny? The International Space Station.
It will be the launch of the first manned mission of Elon Musk's company, Space X; a joint NASA-Space X mission. A historic and fascinating moment in which the Falcon 9 with the Crew Dragon capsule will accelerate at about 27,000 kilometers per hour until it reaches the right height to be in orbit. After 24 hours from launch, it will dock to the ISS, predictably autonomously.
How to follow the historic launch?
From the Space X website, which will broadcast a streaming from its own website, as well as many videos to liven up the wait before launch.
From the NASA website, which will broadcast from NASATV on Ustream or even through its YouTube channel, as is the case with Space X's YouTube channel, which will also broadcast this great moment live.
