Launch Party!
Celebrating the Historic Launch of Crew Dragon’s Demo-2 Mission
May 30th, 2020
Party: 2:30 PM EDT
Launch: 3:22 PM EDT
We hosted the first launch party on May 27th.
However, the launch was scrubbed and we moved to the 30th.
Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley
SpaceX Statement on Saturday Launch
SpaceX launched Crew Dragon’s second demonstration (Demo-2) mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on May 30th, 2020.
This test flight with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board the Dragon spacecraft returns human spaceflight to the United States.
Watch SpaceX and NASA Launch Crew Dragon’s Second Demonstration Mission (Demo-2) from the Historic Launch Complex 39a at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be the first NASA astronauts to fly onboard the Dragon spacecraft as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Experience the Launch Party
The launch party was truly a monumental event.
We recorded this event and left this page going so you can come here and experience some of the action any time. The video contains footage from the first launch window on May 27th as well as the final launch on May 30th.
Watch the Footage of all the Outstanding Discussions with our Guests!
Video produced by Flying Ostrich
Your host and special guests
Host Sarah Cruddas
Television presenter, space journalist author, and host
of Contact on Discovery Channel and Science Channel.
Join Sarah and a crew of Astronauts, Celebrities, and Experts for some exciting conversations about our Future in Space!
Recorded May 30th, 2020
Party: 2:30 PM EDT
Special Guests
Check out our lineup of Influencers from the International Space Community!
Livingston was a USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He was assigned to fly as a military payload specialist on the Space Shuttle, but could not fly in space due to the Challenger accident in 1986.
He currently heads Holder Aerospace, an engineering consulting company in partnership with Curtis Gifford, located in Renton, Washington.
Livingston L. Holder Jr.
USAF Astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program
Special Guests
Loretta Whitesides
Author & Astronaut Founder
at Virgin Galactic
Andy Aldrin
Director of the Aldrin Space Institute at Florida Institute of Technology.
Joe Landon
Vice President of Advanced Programs Development at Lockheed Martin
Frank White
Space Philosopher & Author of
The Overview Effect
Dylan Taylor
Founder & Chairman of the Board of Space for Humanity
Rick Tumlinson
Founder at SpaceFund/EarthLight Foundation/New Worlds/Space Frontier Foundation
Rachel Lyons
Executive Director of Space for Humanity
Athena Brensberger
Founder of Astro Athens
Robin Seemangal
Chief of Content, Supercluster
Spacex Crew Dragon Animation
This Launch represents a Major Advancement in Expanding Access to Space for all of Humanity.
This is the first NASA Astronaut Launch from the United States since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011.
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Thank you ISS Above for helping us produce this exciting event!
Check out this Spectacular Coverage and Timeline from Everyday Astronaut!
Watch the SpaceX Demo-2 Launch
This is the full launch from SpaceX.
