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SpaceX are scheduled to launch the first operational crewed mission for NASA, the 2nd crewed flight if you include Demo-2, on November 15th at 00:49 UTC, November 14th 19:49 Local time from Launch Pad 39A of Kennedy Space Center.
The Falcon 9 rocket will carry the Dragon capsule 'Resilience' carrying NASA and Spacecraft commander Michael S. Hopkins, NASA astronaut and pilot Victor J. Glover, JAXA astronaut and Mission Specialist 1 Soichi Noguchi and NASA astronaut and Mission Specialist 2 Shannon Walker.
This will be the first time Dragon carries 4 astronauts into orbit and onwards to the International Space Station.
Coverage begins at 20:00 UTC and will include crew suit up into their launch suits, transport to the launch pad and launch.
Docking to the Space Station is set for 09:20 UTC on November 15th 2020.
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