Post by Owen on May 28, 2020 20:13:45 GMT
1 ~~~ NASA Urges Spectators to Stay Home for Upcoming US Launch (Video) ~~~
www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/nasa-space-x-launch-stay-home ~ 28 May 2020 ~
As two NASA astronauts prepare to take off from U.S. soil for the first time in almost a decade, NASA and SpaceX are asking people to stay home for the launch.
“The challenge that we’re up against right now is we want to keep everybody safe,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said during a press conference, according to The Associated Press. “And so we’re asking people not to travel to the Kennedy Space Center, and I will tell you that makes me sad to even say it. Boy, I wish we could make this into something really spectacular.”
The launch scheduled for May 27 will be the first one from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in nine years. NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will board a SpaceX rocket, destined for the International Space Station (ISS). It is the first time a commercially built and operated American rocket and spacecraft will take people to the ISS.
www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/nasa-space-x-launch-stay-home ~ 28 May 2020 ~