The Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on its in-flight abort mission back in January. (FOX 13 file photo) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the first time in nearly nine years, astronauts are getting ready to blast into space from Kennedy Space Center.
Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will ride a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into orbit in the first crewed test flight of the company’s Dragon capsule.
The mission will mark the first launch of a crew to orbit from KSC – or anywhere in America – since Atlantis closed out the space shuttle program in July of 2011.That historic launch drew a lot of interest, both in-person and online, and this mission is expected to as well. WHEN IS LAUNCH TIME? The SpaceX DM-2 mission is scheduled to lift off from Launch Pad 39A