Representatives from NASA, SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron participate in a news conference following the Launch Readiness Review at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in advance of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Participants include: Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program; Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station; Kirt Costello, chief scientist, International Space Station Program; Norm Knight, deputy manager, Flight Operations Directorate; Benji Reed, senior director, Human Spaceflight Programs, SpaceX and Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron. Launch is currently targeted for 7:49 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 14. The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, name Resilience by the Crew-1 astronauts, will launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy. The Crew-1 flight will carry Crew Dragon Commander Michael Hopkins, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Shannon Walker, all of NASA, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi to the space station for a six-month science mission.
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KSC-20201113-VP-MMS03-0001-SpaceX_Crew_1_Prelaunch_News_Conference-3262627
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November 13, 2020
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KSC
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video
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NASA/Michelle Stone
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KSCTV Auditorium, LC 39 Press Site
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (left) congratulates James W. Kennedy (right) before a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. The occasion is the announcement of Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
Jun 26, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. The occasion is the announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
Jun 26, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director James W. Kennedy (left) and KSC Director Roy D. Bridges shake hands before a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. The occasion is the announcement of Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
Jun 26, 2003
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director James W. Kennedy addresses a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium, as KSC Director Roy D. Bridges looks on (right). The occasion is the announcement of Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
Jun 26, 2003