SpaceXs Crew Dragon is now in Florida to prep for its first flight with astronauts onboard

Crew Dragon in Florida ahead of its flight to and from the @space_station with @NASA astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug onboard! pic.twitter.com/nerz0Qujso

— SpaceX(@SpaceX) February 14, 2020

Boeing’s spacecraft has actually just recently experienced some concerns that might extend its screening timeline and held up its objectives of performing its very first flights with astronauts onboard. The Starliner came across 2 possibly severe software application problems throughout an uncrewed presentation objective that happened in December, and now NASA and the business are identifying restorative action, consisting of security evaluations of Boeing and its software application advancement and screening procedures.

Meanwhile, SpaceX carried out an in-flight abort test in January, the last significant presentation it required to do prior to proceeding to the crewed demonstration objective. That test was by all accounts a success, demonstrating how the Crew Dragon would separate and distance itself from the launch craft in case of an unanticipated mistake, in order to protect the astronauts onboard.

SpaceX has actually been sharing information of its preparation for this last prepared demonstration prior to functional industrial team flights, tweeting previously today about its spacecraft going through ultrasonic screening. Presently, the Demo-2 objective is tentatively set for May 2 , though that date is stated to be versatile and might be gone up or pressed to later on, depending upon objective requirements and staying preparation development.