After the Launch: NASA and SpaceX Share Updates about Historic #LaunchAmerica Mission

Teacher or professor: NASA
Subject: Astronomy, Astronautics, Astrophysics
Content of the Lesson: Liftoff! The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Kennedy Space Center’s historic Launch Pad 39A at 3:22 p.m. EDT on May 30, kicking off a critical final flight test of the SpaceX crew transportation system. Following the successfully launch, NASA hosted a postlaunch news conference for officials to talk about the mission live from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participants included: o NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine o Pat Forrester, NASA Chief Astronaut o Kathy Lueders, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program o Elon Musk, SpaceX chief engineer o Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program Learn more by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica/


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