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NASA Communications' Derrol Nail and Marina Jurica interview Omar Baez, launch manager for the agency's Launch Services Program, following the successful launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission. The satellite lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 EST) from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. An international collaboration between NASA and several partners, the mission will collect sea level measurements, as well as help improve weather forecasts and climate models.

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite separated from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's second stage and is now flying on its own. Liftoff took place at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST) from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Nov. 21, 2020. The mission is an international collaboration between NASA and several partners, and it is the first of two identical satellites to be launched this year and in 2025 to continue observations of sea level change for at least the next decade.

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, carried atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Nov. 21, 2020. Launch occurred at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST). The mission is an international collaboration between NASA and several partners, and it will collect the most accurate data yet on global sea level and how our oceans are rising in response to climate change. NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center was responsible for launch management.

Live coverage begins for the launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Nov. 21, 2020. The mission is an international collaboration between NASA and several partners and is the first of two identical satellites to be launched this year and in 2025 to continue observations of sea level change for at least the next decade. NASA's Launch Services Program based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for launch management.

Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi made history on the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the space station. They lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Also, segments of solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, arrived at Kennedy’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building. The boosters will help support the weight of the remaining rocket pieces and Orion spacecraft.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets underway with the successful liftoff of the company's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi. Launch occurred Nov. 15, 2020, at 7:27 p.m. EST from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), suited in their SpaceX spacesuits, walk out of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of liftoff on the agency's SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A to the space station for a six-month science mission.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 crew members -- NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) -- don their spacesuits inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in Kennedy Space Center's Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A to the space station for a six-month science mission.

NASA and SpaceX kick off televised coverage of the countdown to liftoff of the agency's SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Crew-1 is the first regular crew mission of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience capsule will launch atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A to the space station for a six-month science mission.

The four-person crew of NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission is at Kennedy Space Center preparing to launch to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket. This will be SpaceX's first regular, long-duration flight to the station for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Meanwhile, Kennedy teams have finished installing the Orion spacecraft's three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels, which will protect its European Service Module during launch on NASA's Space Launch System rocket. Artemis I will test SLS and Orion as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon.

Join us for the Crew-1 Virtual NASA Social as we chat with representatives from NASA and JAXA! Starting at 11 a.m. ET, you'll have the chance to learn more about the Crew-1 mission and the Commercial Crew Program. Have a question for our guests? Be sure to share in the comments below for a chance to be featured on our live feed.

The Crew-1 #LaunchAmerica virtual NASA Social continues as we host a few special guests to learn more about Genes in Space – an experiment that will investigate how space affects one such molecular change, gene expression, in the nervous system! Join us at 4:30 p.m. ET to hear from students Finsam Samson, Yujie Wang and their mentor Matt Smith as they chat about the experiment that is heading up to the International Space Station on this mission. Have a question for our guests? Be sure to share in the comments section for a chance to be featured on our live feed.

The Crew-1 #LaunchAmerica virtual NASA Social continues as we host some very special guests! Join us at 3:30 p.m. ET to hear from Commercial Crew Program’s Samantha Testa. Have a question for our guest? Be sure to share in the comments below for a chance to be featured on our live feed.

The Crew-1 #LaunchAmerica virtual NASA Social continues as we learn more about the journey to become an astronaut! Join us at 2 p.m. ET as NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Jonny Kim share more about their journey at NASA. Have a question for our guests? Be sure to share in the comments below for a chance to be featured on our live feed.

The Crew-1 #LaunchAmerica virtual NASA Social continues as we learn more about the 45th Space Wing. Join us at 12:30 p.m. ET to hear from Mike McAleenan and Capt Matthew Walter of the Weather Squadron and Lt Col David Mahan of DET 3. Have a question for our guests? Be sure to share in the comments below for a chance to be featured on our live feed.

Join us for the Crew-1 Virtual NASA Social as we chat with representatives from NASA and JAXA! Starting at 11 a.m. ET, you'll have the chance to learn more about the Crew-1 mission and the Commercial Crew Program. Have a question for our guests? Be sure to share in the comments below for a chance to be featured on our live feed.

The mobile launcher that will carry the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission rolled back atop crawler-transporter 2 from Launch Pad 39B to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The mobile launcher spent 10 days at the pad while the Exploration Ground Systems team completed a countdown demonstration test. In recognition of the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the American with Disabilities Act, students and job seekers with disabilities were invited to participate in Kennedy’s “Virtual disABILITY Mentorship Day.” Sponsored by the center’s Disability Awareness and Action Working Group, the goal is to encourage people with disabilities to take part in NASA’s human exploration from Moon to Mars.

NASA completed signing of the Human Rating Certification Plan for SpaceX’s crew transportation system on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. The Crew Dragon, including the Falcon 9 rocket and associated ground systems, is the first new crew spacecraft to be NASA-certified for regular flights with astronauts since the space shuttle nearly 40 years ago. Several critical events paved the way for the landmark announcement, including grounds tests, simulations, uncrewed flight tests and a successful test flight with astronauts aboard.

This week, NASA and SpaceX announced they are now targeting Saturday, Nov. 14, for their first crew rotation mission to the International Space Station under the agency's Commercial Crew Program - titled Crew-1. The Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida at 7:49 p.m. EST. Also, Kennedy's senior leaders recognized the achievements of NASA and contractor employees during the NASA KSC Honor Awards Ceremony. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year's ceremony was pre-recorded and held virtually.

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