CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s administrator issued a plea to everyone wanting to watch American astronauts return to space in May: stay home.
Jim Bridenstine and other NASA staff members held a virtual press briefing on Thursday, highlighting what the agency is doing to combat and prevent the spread of COVID-19. “We are asking people to join us in this launch but to do so from home,” Bridenstine said. “We’re asking people not to travel to the Kennedy Space Center.” The Demo-2 mission will send American astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnke to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
It will be carried into orbit by a Falcon 9 rocket on May 27. It will mark the first time American astronauts have traveled to space