SpaceX's final test before first astronaut trip

[Bradley Prior]

SpaceX's final test before first astronaut trip

Elon Musk’s rocket company has one last, major hurdle to clear before it attempts an historic first flight of astronauts for NASA: proving it can safely abort a mission if something goes wrong after takeoff.

A Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon spacecraft is slated to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a four-hour window that opens at 8 a.m. local time on Saturday. [Bloomberg]

 

[Foxhound5366]

You can watch history in the making here (window opens in four hours and they're expecting to launch around the end of the four-hour window ... i.e. should be around 18:00 today probably): https://www.spacex.com/webcast

 

[system32]

UPDATE: Due to weather, move to Sunday 19th
SpaceX webcast on Youtube should go live on 18 Jan 2020 at 15:00pm SAST, weather permitting

 

[Foxhound5366]

Oh great, launch just got postponed to Sunday ...

 

[Foxhound5366]

What an awesome event. SpaceX has these things on lock. I just watched it live, but the video should be available for replay now.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Was awesome to watch.... They're almost becoming routine.

 

[3Gee]

Watched it live. Amazing feat for a private company.