NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley who are assigned to the company’s first test flight, and Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover who are assigned to the first operational mission for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon speak during a press conference ahead of the SpaceX Demo-1 mission, Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 2:49am launch on March 2, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities.
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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley who are assigned to the company’s first test flight, and Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover who are assigned to the first operational mission for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon speak during a press conference ahead of the SpaceX Demo-1 mission, Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission, currently targeted for a 2:49am launch on March 2, will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities.