Witness history in the making as the Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission, with Ripley the test dummy on board, heads to the ISS.
We’ve seen SpaceX’s Crew Dragon hurdle multiple delays and survive the scrutiny of a flight readiness review, and now we’re finally ready to watch the capsule escape from this planet with the help of a Falcon 9 rocket.
Space fans in the US will need to stay up late to watch the historic, uncrewed Demonstration 1 (Demo-1) mission take off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA has scheduled the launch for 11:49 p.m. PT on Friday, Mar. 1 (2:49 a.m. ET on Saturday, Mar. 2) and will broadcast the proceedings live on NASA TV starting at 11 p.m. PT on Friday evening.
As of Friday, the forecast looked good for the weekend, with meteorologists predicting an 80 percent chance of favorable weather.
Demo-1 will mark a serious step forward for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which involves SpaceX and Boeing working to launch astronauts from US soil.
