KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Launch day at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center isn’t just about the seconds before the Falcon 9 rocket blasts off but about the hours and minutes leading up to that moment as crews ready the astronauts and their Dragon spacecraft for flight.SpaceX is planning to launch three NASA astronauts and one Japanese Space Agency, of JAXA, astronaut on Nov.
15 at 7:27 p.m. from Launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.Below is a timeline of what the astronauts will be doing ahead of liftoff -- and countdown milestones along the way.1:57 p.m. Five and a half hours before liftoff, a launch readiness briefing will take place.2:27 p.m. Launch crew will arrive on console and the Dragon spacecraft will be configured for launch.2:57.