Published 01:54 IST, May 31st 2020
NASA-SpaceX mission video: Watch Crew Dragon lift-off from Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX launch video: Check out Demo-2 mission's lift-off video form the Kennedy Space Center with astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on board.
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NASA and X's historic collaboration for Crew Dragon launch to International Station led to a successful launch. Though wear conditions were deemed unfavourable till almost half a day before launch, it went through successfully after receiving a "go ahe" from wear department. launch was deemed historic for various reasons as it is X's first manned mission and NASA's first all-American mission from US soil since 2011. live stream of event also garnered a huge viewership as over 1.6 million people viewed live stream of launch on YouTube, while some ors tuned in on different streams on different platforms for same.
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X Crew Dragon launch video
After a successful launch of Falcon 9 along with Crew Dragon, main engine was cut off to initiate first st separation. Falcon 9 rocket n me a re-entry into Earth's orbit and landed on 'Of Course I Still Love You' drone ship successfully, as decided on course. Crew Dragon shuttle n separated successfully and is currently heed to International Station. This was one of most historic launches witnessed in recent years. Crew Dragon is en route to International Center and NASA is expected to give updates about Crew Dragon's docking to ISS.
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Final instructions were given to astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken ten minutes before launch. Falcon 9 was scheduled to reach in nine minutes after its launch and consisted of a two st separation process. After separation, X Crew Dragon shuttle will make an estimated journey of 19 hours before docking to International Station.
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Both leing astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken settled into Crew Dragon capsule and hatch almost two hours before launch time. hatch in was done before schedule and astronauts were rey for launch. President Donald Trump arrived at Kennedy Center about twenty minutes before launch. Before launch, astronaut Doug Hurley said that it is his and Bob Behnken's hour to be a part of a historic mission like Demo-2.
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Im courtesy - Official NASA Instagram
01:50 IST, May 31st 2020