I want to share a few links with you so you will be ready for the Spacex launch this week!
"This Wednesday, May 27 at 4:33 p.m. EDT , two US astronauts will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) from US soil, and on a US rocket.
That’s not happened of almost a decade, and it’s going to be a massive, unmissable event. The pandemic means it’s also going to be an event that’s almost entirely staged online.Get ready for some iconic imagery as NASA relieves Apollo-era imagery and SpaceX puts the astronauts in a Tesla Model X before a Falcon 9 rocket blasts-off to space to make history."
The Forbes article has more links and information on how to watch live.
NASA's own press release page can be located here - at This Link
NASA's own press release page can be located here - at This Link
And NASA's Launch America website is here - This Link - You can sign up for their newsletter on this site.
You can also read the biographies of the astronauts and read more about their mission - (snippet from their page)
"Lifting off from Launch Pad 39A atop a specially instrumented Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon will accelerate its two passengers to approximately 17,000 mph and put it on an intercept course with the International Space Station. Once in orbit, the crew and SpaceX mission control will verify the spacecraft is performing as intended by testing the environmental control system, the displays and control system and the maneuvering thrusters, among other things. In about 24 hours, Crew Dragon will be in position to rendezvous and dock with the space station. The spacecraft is designed to do this autonomously but astronauts aboard the spacecraft and the station will be diligently monitoring approach and docking and can take control of the spacecraft if necessary."
Next definitely go check out SpaceX's website!!! This Link.
They have timelines and graphs and diagrams of the whole event! Seriously cool!
They have timelines and graphs and diagrams of the whole event! Seriously cool!
This is from their YouTube channel - an animation of the upcoming mission:
And one more 'technical' video you all might find fascinating is one Lt Hampson shared with me to pass along to you. It shows what we might see if rockets were transparent. Haven't you ever wondered how they work and why we need all those sections of rocket which fall away as the spacecraft ascends? Now you can look inside -
