Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. NASA Television and the agency’s website will air the news conference. Mission commentary will switch to NASA TV’s Media Channel.(Image credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA, T.A.
Ven Feng, deputy manager, Commercial Crew Program, Johnson.Mark Geyer, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, NASA Headquarters.That will be followed by a post-docking news conference at approximately 2 a.m., with: EST.Ī welcome ceremony with Lueders and JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa will take place Tuesday, Nov. Tune in to NASA Television or the agency’s website for continuous comprehensive coverage of the Crew-1 mission, including docking at the space station on Monday, Nov. The arrival of Crew-1 will increase the regular crew size of the space station’s expedition missions from six to seven astronauts, adding to the amount of crew time available for research. Hopkins, Glover, Walker, and Noguchi will join the Expedition 64 crew of Commander Sergey Ryzhikov, and Flight Engineers Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the space station following the spacecraft system’s official human rating certification. And we’re going to get them safely to the International Space Station tomorrow.” From left, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, NASA Headquarters Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate Steve Dickson, administrator, Federal Aviation Administration and Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer, SpaceX participate in the postlaunch news conference at Kennedy.Ĭrew-1 is the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. “That spacecraft is out there with those four precious crew members on it. But we’re not done yet we need to keep going,” said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, NASA Headquarters.
“Everybody is so fired up they’re so excited about this mission. “We look forward to many more years of a great partnership - not just in low-Earth orbit but all the way to the Moon.”Īfter lifting off from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A at 7:27 p.m., aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and the company’s Falcon 9 rocket, crew members are now a few hours into their 27.5-hour trip to the International Space Station for a six-month science mission. “This is a great day for the United States of America and a great day for Japan,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. It was a picture perfect launch during a beautiful evening on Florida’s Space Coast, as NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, blasts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A.
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