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/
