NASA Hosts Post-Flight Readiness Review Briefing for the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 Flight Test

Representatives from NASA and SpaceX participate in a news conference following the Flight Readiness Review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, May 22, 2020, in advance of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Flight Test to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. From the left are: Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator, NASA Human Exploration and Operations; Kathy Lueders, manager, NASA Commercial Crew Program; Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program; Benji Reed, director of crew mission management, SpaceX; Norm Knight, deputy director, NASA Johnson Space Center Flight Operations and Jim Bridenstine, NASA administrator. Launch is currently targeted for 4:33 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 27. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.