MickinMD ★ Posted May 27, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 27, 2020 Weather permitting, the first manned spaceflight from the USA in years lifts off a 4:33 pm today, as SpaceX ferries astronauts to the International Space Station: There's a great rundown of all the coverage at Space.com and some highlights are: ABC News and the National Geographic Channel have teamed up for two days of coverage for SpaceX's Demo-2 launch in what they've billed as "Launch America: Mission to Space Live." The action begins on launch day at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) with a live, two-hour broadcast of the launch by SpaceX and NASA, as well as interviews with NASA astronaut Christina Koch (who recently returned to Earth after nearly a year in space), retired astronaut Cady Coleman and others. Discovery and the Science Channel have recruited Katy Perry, Adam Savage and YouTuber Mark Rober to helm a three-hour multiplatform simulcast for SpaceX's Demo-2, beginning Wednesday at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT). The program, called "Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space," will feature surprise celebrity guests, as well as interviews with NASA chief Jim Bridenstine and astronauts Karen Nyberg (who is married to Hurley) and Megan McArthur (wife of Behnken). Online includes NASA Live and SpaceX - which begins at 12:15 pm EDT. Here's a schedule for NASA's "Nasa Live" webcast: Wednesday, May 27 (all times in EDT, GMT-4) 12:15 p.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins (continues through docking 4:33 p.m. – Liftoff 5:22 p.m. – Crew Dragon phase burn 6:05 p.m. – Far-field manual flight test 7:05 p.m. – Astronaut downlink event from Crew Dragon 7:30 p.m. – Postlaunch news conference at Kennedy Thursday, May 28 7:20 a.m. – Astronaut downlink event from Crew Dragon 11:39 a.m. – Docking 1:55 p.m. – Hatch Open 2:25 p.m. – Welcome ceremony 4:15 p.m. – Post-Arrival News Conference at Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted May 27, 2020 Share #2 Posted May 27, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 27, 2020 Share #3 Posted May 27, 2020 I found it interesting that the last guy to pilot a shuttle is the guy flying this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted May 27, 2020 Share #4 Posted May 27, 2020 1 hour ago, MickinMD said: Discovery and the Science Channel have recruited ... YouTuber Mark Rober The guy who built the squirrel obstacle course I posted a couple days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 27, 2020 Share #5 Posted May 27, 2020 Damn weather! Launch abort started. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted May 27, 2020 Weather force a launch cancel. Launch now rescheduled for Sat. May 30 at 3:22 pm EDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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