May 26, 2020 – Washington Co., WI – Normally during this time of year students at Holy Angels School in West Bend would be completing a rocket-launching project for science class.
The project would have been well timed as NASA is prepping to launch the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Lift-off is slated for 3:33 p.m. Central Standard Time.
Neighbors across Washington County will be able to watch the launch LIVE. Click HERE for the link. Below is a timeline from NASA.
Live Programming
MAY
May 26, Tuesday
7 p.m., 10 p.m. – Replay of SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 Administrator Briefing (All Channels)
May 27, Wednesday
12 p.m. – Live views of the SpaceX/Falcon 9 rocket on Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center for the Crew Dragon DM-2 launch to the International Space Station (All Channels)
(Programming note: This begins continuous coverage on all channels through the Crew Dragon’s arrival at the International Space Station on Thursday, May 28 and subsequent hatch opening and welcoming ceremony)
12 :15 p.m. – SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 launch coverage; launch scheduled at 4:33 p.m. EDT – Kennedy Space Center/Hawthorne, California/Johnson Space Center (All Channels)
7:30 p.m. – SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 postlaunch news conference (All Channels)
May 28, Thursday
11:39 a.m. – Docking of the SpaceX/DM-2 Crew Dragon and NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station – Hawthorne, California/Johnson Space Center (All Channels)
1:55 p.m. – SpaceX/Crew Dragon hatch opening to the International Space Station – Hawthorne, California/Johnson Space Center (All Channels)
2:25 p.m. – SpaceX/Crew Dragon and International Space Station crew event aboard the Space Station – Hawthorne, California/Johnson Space Center (All Channels)
4 p.m. – SpaceX/Dragon DM-2 post-docking briefing (All Channels)
5 p.m. – Video file of SpaceX/DM-2 rendezvous, docking, hatch opening and welcoming ceremony (Media Channel)
May 29, Friday
9:30 a.m. – SpaceCast Weekly (All Channels)
11:05 a.m. – International Space Station Expedition 63 crew news conference with Commander Chris Cassidy of NASA and astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley of NASA (All Channels)
12:50 p.m. – International Space Station Expedition 63 in-flight event for SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, to mark the arrival of the DM-2 Crew (All Channels)