NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will be part of the first attempt by a private company to send astronauts into orbit, and it is going to be 'quite a show', according Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Two US astronauts have completed a dress rehearsal ahead of their groundbreaking journey to the International Space Station in a partnership between NASA and SpaceX.There is only a 40 per cent chance of favourable weather for the launchNASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who completed the dry run at the weekend, will be part of the first attempt by a private company to send astronauts into orbit.
The space centre at Cape Canaveral in Florida could see rain and thick cloud cover, according to the forecast. NASA has partnered with a number of US companies, including SpaceX, to spur on the commercial space sector. The mission is designed to be a demonstration of commercial space travel and it is a partnership between the US space agency and SpaceX, which is owned by billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk.
Wearing sleek new white outfits, Colonel Hurley and Colonel Behnken are expected to transfer from a white Tesla to the white Dragon capsule atop the equally white Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday.The name of the SpaceX Dragon capsule stems from "Puff the Magic Dragon", a apparent jab from founder Elon Musk to those who doubted him when he started the company.
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