The “NASA” agency invites the public to participate virtually in one of the astronaut missions

NASA invites the public to take a hypothetical historical trip with astronauts, as the Crew-1 mission is set to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on the evening of November 14, and the SpaceX Falcon 9 missile will send a Crew Dragon capsule that transports Four astronauts, namely, NASA Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, Shannon Walker and the Japanese Sushi Ngushi, to the International Space Station for six months.

The Crew-1 mission will be the first contracted flight mission under a $ 2.6 billion deal SpaceX signed with NASA’s Commercial Crew program in 2014, according to the US ‘Space’ website. , and it is clear that the agency is excited about this achievement. A great effort is made to share this excitement with everyone, as the first real flight will emerge from American soil after the success of a previous test flight.

“Members of the public can attend the launch event virtually and receive mission updates and opportunities normally reserved for on-site guests,” NASA officials wrote in a statement, adding that “the experience NASA Virtual Launch Pad for Crew-1 includes coordinated launch resources, a digital boarding pass and notifications NASA’s social interactions and the ability to get a virtual passport stamp after a successful launch. “You can download the Crew-1 launch passport, sign up for mission updates via email, and sign up

For social media updates as well, NASA has also compiled an educational toolkit for Crew-1 that educators and parents can use to help students spark their interest in STEM.
The Crew-1 mission will be SpaceX’s first astronaut mission to the space station, following the Demo-2 test flight, which has been launched.

On May 30 this year, which is the first manned orbital flight launched from the United States since the Space Shuttle retired in 2011, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were sent to the station for two months.

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