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NEW DATE
DEMO-2 CREW DOWNLINK EVENT FROM CREW DRAGON, May 30, 2020, Earth orbit, 5:55 pm ET
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Update, May 29: This event now is scheduled for 5:55 pm ET on May 30.
Update, May 28: If launch takes place on May 30 at 3:22 pm ET, this event will take place later that day at a time TBD.
Update, May 27, 5:15 pm ET: The launch was scrubbed due to weather. They will try again on Saturday, May 30, at 3:22 pm ET. Whether this event will be postponed or cancelled is TBD. Check back later.
Original Entry: The crew of the SpaceX Demo-2 mission, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, will hold an event from Earth orbit at 7:05 pm ET on May 27, 2020 following their 4:33 pm ET launch from Kennedy Space Center.
NASA events on May 27 are as follows. In addition, President Trump will speak at 6:00 pm ET.
Wednesday, May 27
- 12:15 p.m. – NASA TV launch coverage begins (continues through docking)
- 4:33 p.m. – Liftoff
- 5:22 p.m. – Crew Dragon phase burn
- 6:05 p.m. – Far-field manual flight test
- 7:05 p.m. – Astronaut downlink event from Crew Dragon
- 7:30 p.m. – Administrator postlaunch news conference at Kennedy
- Administrator Bridenstine
- Kathy Lueders, NASA Commerce Crew program manager
- SpaceX representative
- Kirk Shireman, NASA ISS program manager
- NASA Chief Astronaut Pat Forrester