SpaceX is set to make history once again, as Elon Musk's space company prepares to launch four everyday people to orbit.
One of the key factors for launching on Wednesday night remains the temperamental Florida weather, which will affect the timing of both liftoff and the capsule's splashdown a few days later.The U.S. Space Force's 45th Space Wing forecast that the weather has a 80% probability of being clear to launch during Wednesday's five-hour window. If SpaceX decides to postpone the launch, the next available opportunity would be Thursday.
Hayley Arceneaux takes a look at the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the crew to orbit.Hayley Arceneaux, a cancer survivor and now a physician assistant at St. Jude, is the mission's medical officer. Sian Proctor is the Inspiration4 pilot, and the joined the crew after winning an online business competition through Isaacman's company.
The four members of the crew have spent much of the last six months training with SpaceX to prepare for the mission. Reed noted that the Inspiration4 members studied over 90 different training guides and manuals, took a multitude of lessons to learn how to fly the spacecraft, and did numerous simulation flights — including 12-hour and 30-hour simulations.
Four hours before liftoff, the astronauts will suit up. About a half an hour later, the crew will walk out to theirWith 2½ hours to go, the astronauts will strap into their seats in Crew Dragon and begin checking that all systems are good to go. Then, with just under two hours until launch, the hatch to the spacecraft will be closed.
If anything were to go wrong in the last half hour before the launch or during the launch, Crew Dragon will abort and fire its emergency escape system. The company performed
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