NASA and SpaceX are making final preparations for their first crewed launch to the International Space Station since May.
The mission is scheduled to get underway from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:50 a.m. ET on Friday morning.
Recommended Videos The early stages of the flight will be live streamed using multiple cameras, with real-time audio feeds from Mission Control and the crew capsule also part of the broadcast. Related Just minutes after it powers the capsule to space, viewers can also enjoy the always-remarkable spectacle of the reusable first-stage booster returning to Earth. While it usually lands on a droneship off the coast of Florida, tonight it will be touching down at Landing Zone 1 close to the launch site.
The Crew Dragon spacecraft supporting the Crew-7 mission previously flew NASA’s Crew-3 and Crew-5 missions to and from the ISS. If the countdown fails to proceed as planned on Friday morning, the launch team has another window of opportunity at 3:27 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 26.To learn more about everyday life on the orbital outpost 250 miles above Earth, check out these revealing videos made by visiting astronauts over the years.
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