46+ Spacex Crew Dragon Launch Video Pictures. Once the dragon's four crew members arrive, the total will be seven. You can also watch spacex's own stream close to the launch (currently set for 7:25pm).
Flying aboard the spacex crew dragon capsule, the astronauts were only meant to carry cargo and a plush dinosaur toy. Spacex successfully launches first crew to orbit, ushering in new era of spaceflight. Those seven people will be living together for six months.
Nasa astronauts shannon walker, victor glover , mike hopkins and japan aerospace exploration agency (jaxa) astronaut soichi noguchi are part of the first of what.
The crew dragon is designed to automatically dock with the iss without the need for any input from the crew, though the two astronauts will try their hand at manually flying the capsule with its touchscreen. The launch window is instantaneous, meaning that if something goes wrong or. Spacex's crew dragon will carry two astronauts to the iss in historic rocket launch. The spacex falcon 9 rocket carrying the crew dragon spacecraft lifted off from launch complex 39a at nasa's.