Mission Update: NASA and SpaceX Crew Dragon Launch

Teacher or professor: NASA
Subject: Astronomy, Astronautics, Astrophysics
Content of the Lesson: One day prior to NASA's mission with SpaceX to launch American astronauts to the International Space Station aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, officials will talk about the mission live from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Nicole Mann will be on hand to talk about the upcoming mission to fly astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken to the orbiting laboratory. Teams are targeting 4:33 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 27, for the launch of the mission, which will be the first time a commercially built and operated American rocket and spacecraft will carry humans to the space station. Learn more by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/launchamerica/


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