NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on Friday unveiled the highly anticipated date on which astronauts will launch from American soil for the first time since 2011.
Officials previously announced the mission would take place sometime in May, but we now know the exact target date is May 27, just a little more than a month from now.
Bridenstine unveiled the news in a tweet posted at noon, which included a video compilation of astronauts making their way to the spacecraft before iconic launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
The footage ended with the Launch America logo and the date May 27, 2020. BREAKING: On May 27, @NASA will once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil!