Today is a red-letter day.
For the first time since 2011, American astronauts are going to launch onboard an American spaceship. How exciting!!!
The SpaceX Demo-2 mission will launch at 4:33 p.m. EDT. Two veteran NASA astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will ride the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station.
If this flight is successful, it could be the start of a new era in space travel. Right now, there are only THREE humans in space. That is just sad, and I hope that number will increase soon.
The podcast, Shortwave, did a great program about both today’s launch and the launch of the Space Shuttle program in 1981. You will learn a lot in just twelve minutes.
The live feed of the launch will start tomorrow at 9 a.m. PDT, and I will have it on the whole time. May this be the start of a wonderful new era of exploration and innovation.