NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission will be the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi are set to launch on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. The astronauts named the spacecraft Resilience, highlighting the dedication the teams involved with the mission have displayed and to demonstrate that when we work together, there is no limit to what we can achieve.
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has delivered on its goal of safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation to and from the International Space Station from the United States through a partnership with American private industry. This partnership is changing the arc of human spaceflight history by opening access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station to more people, more science and more commercial opportunities. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in space exploration, including future missions to the Moon and, eventually, to Mars.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern):
Sunday, Nov. 15
(all times Eastern U.S. time (add 5 hours for GMT)
8:15 p.m. – NASA Television launch coverage begins. NASA Television will have continuous coverage, including docking, hatch opening, and welcome ceremony, with a news conference following docking activities.
Monday, Nov. 16
2 a.m.. (approximately) – Postlaunch News Conference with the following participants:
- NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
- Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for human exploration and operations, NASA Headquarters
- Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXA’s Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate
- Steve Dickson, administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
- Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer, SpaceX
Tuesday, Nov. 17
4 a.m. – Docking
6:40 a.m. (approximately) – Welcome Ceremony from the International Space Station with the following participants:
- ·Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for human exploration and operations, NASA Headquarters
- JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa
7 a.m. (approximately – immediately following Welcome Ceremony) – Post-Docking News Conference with the following participants:
- Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for human exploration and operations, NASA Headquarters
- Mark Geyer, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
- Ven Feng, deputy manager, Commercial Crew Program, Johnson
- Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station, Johnson
Thursday, Nov. 19
2:55 p.m. – International Space Station News Conference from Johnson with the following Expedition 64 crew members
- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins
- NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins
- NASA astronaut Victor Glover
- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker
- JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguch
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