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Dragon has delivered more than 140,000 lbs of cargo to and from the @Space_Station since 2012, but it was designed from the beginning to carry humans. These critical resupply missions also provide important flight heritage as we prepare to fly Crew Dragon.
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Static fire test complete—targeting February launch from historic Launch Complex 39A for Crew Dragon’s first demonstration flight!
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View of Launch Complex 39A and Crew Dragon from the crew access arm
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One of Mr. Steven’s final West Coast fairing recovery tests before shipping out for the East Coast. Wait for it…
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One year ago today youtube.com/watch?v=A0FZIw…
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Targeting March 2 for Crew Dragon's first flight to the @Space_Station blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew…
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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting February 21 launch of Nusantara Satu from Pad 40 in Florida.
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Falcon 9 and Nusantara Satu are vertical on Pad 40 ahead of today’s launch window, which opens at 8:45 p.m. EST, 1:45 UTC → spacex.com/webcast
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Falcon 9’s first stage rocket booster launched twice last year to deliver the Iridium-7 and SAOCOM 1A payloads to orbit
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T-30 minutes until Falcon 9 launch of Nusantara Satu. Launch webcast will go live about 15 minutes before liftoff → spacex.com/webcast
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Webcast of Falcon 9 launch is now live → spacex.com/webcast
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The SSL built Nusantara Satu satellite was encapsulated in Falcon 9’s fairing last week and is go for launch
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Also inside Falcon 9’s fairing is SpaceIL’s lunar spacecraft
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T-60 seconds until launch → spacex.com/webcast
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Main engine cutoff and stage separation confirmed. Second stage engine burn underway.
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First stage entry burn complete. Second stage continuing nominally to geosynchronous transfer orbit.
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Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, completing this booster’s third launch and landing.
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Second stage is now in coast phase. The webcast will return in about 16 minutes for second stage engine restart and the first of two deployments.
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Back live for lunar lander deployment → spacex.com/webcast
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Successful deployment of the SpaceIL lunar lander confirmed, starting the spacecraft’s two-month voyage to the Moon
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Back live for satellite deployment → spacex.com/webcast
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Successful deployment of Nusantara Satu to geosynchronous transfer orbit confirmed—completing SpaceX’s 70th mission!
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