Space Shuttle Lift Off
Astronauts to lift off from u s.
Space shuttle lift off. Astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley had been scheduled to lift off aboard spacex s crew dragon capsule from kennedy space center in florida to the international space station at 4 33 p m. Since the space shuttle program ended in 2011 nasa has relied on russia to ferry its astronauts to the space station an orbiting laboratory 250 miles 400 km above earth that has housed. T plus 60 s shuttle engines are at maximum throttle.
Main engines continue firing. T plus 2 min srbs separate from the orbiter and fuel tank at an altitude of 28 miles 45 km. T plus 20 s the shuttle rolls right 180 degree roll 78 degree pitch.
Turf for first time in nearly a decade the curtain rises next wednesday with the scheduled launch of spacex s falcon 9 rocket and dragon capsule with two nasa. The demo 2 mission is slated to lift off from kennedy space center s launch complex 39a the same pad in florida that hosted apollo 11 and sts 135 the last flight of a space shuttle. T minus 3 s shuttle main engines are in lift off position.
The falcon 9 rocket will take off from launchpad 39a at the kennedy space centre in florida carrying the crew dragon spacecraft with mr behnken and mr hurley strapped inside. Recording of the last shuttle lift off. The last time an astronaut reached orbit from american soil was july 8 2011 when atlantis lifted off for the 135th and final mission in the 30 year history of nasa s space shuttle program.