Rocket Launches Oh Yeah!
SpaceX Crew-1 rescheduled to Sunday, Nov. 15 7:27 pm Eastern.
Nov 14, 2020— Just last evening an Atlas V thundered into the skies carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite on a classified mission. This United Space Alliance (ULA) launch was a beautiful site in the night sky, with three strap-on boosters falling away as planned at approximately two minutes into flight. The 66-ft GEM 63 solid rocket motors, from Northrup Grumman, were a new addition and an example of the ongoing improvements and collaborations in space flight by premiere companies working together on the Space Coast.
Mission specialist Shannon Walker, left, pilot Victor Glover, Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins – all NASA astronauts – and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, right, will launch to the International Space Station on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. (Credit: NASA)
The excitement intensifies today for the SpaceX Falcon lift off scheduled for 7:49 p.m. EST Saturday from Launch Complex 39A. The big event of the weekend, tonight is historic, with all eyes on the launch of Dragon Crew-1 with three U.S. NASA Astronauts and one Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Astronaut in a crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This space-focused community is watching, from many spots along Florida’s Space Coast, where so many talented people work in aerospace positions supporting the U.S. Space Program on science, security and including exploration missions to deep space.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew-1 launch marks the hopeful beginning of routine flights of astronauts from America to ISS. Aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon tonight will be NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Soichi Noguchi. This full duration mission and the return to frequent crewed launch is the anticipated culmination of the SpaceX Crew Dragon human spacecraft development program.
This launch follows the May 2020 successful Crew test launch with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley which marked the first U.S.-based rocket launch since NASA ended its Space Shuttle program in 2011. NOTE: Please be aware that launches are subject to cancellation without notice.
There are many launch viewing sites across the Space Coast. Get our EPIC LAUNCH VIEWING Map for some suggestions. (link to: https://titusville.org/visiting-here/space)
You also have the option to skip the traffic and crowds by streaming the launch. Explore these live streaming options:
- Space Coast Launches live feed from NASA and United Launch Alliance the day of the launch.
- NASA Live for direct live streaming from NASA the day of the launch
- Or, download the Launch Console App on Google Play or Apple App Store for a real-time, up-to-the-second countdown clock, a live video feed, and a compass to point where to view in the sky.
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