SpaceX’s Crew Dragon delivered to Cape Canaveral for first flight with astronauts

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon delivered to Cape Canaveral for first flight with astronauts

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From SpaceFlightNow.com:
"SpaceX’s next Crew Dragon capsule was delivered to Cape Canaveral this week from a California factory for a liftoff as soon as this spring with veteran NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on a test flight to the International Space Station, officials announced Friday."

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/02/14/s ... stronauts/

THIS part of SpaceX is very exciting!

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Re: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon delivered to Cape Canaveral for first flight with astronauts

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Agreed. Can't wait to see this one lift off.
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