It's a great day for France and the French, it's a historic moment for Thomas Pesquet, the astronaut who is to take off this morning from Cape Canaveral. Captain for his second space mission, he is the first European to fly on the Crew Dragon de SpaceX. We obviously suggest you follow this unique event live with Stardust, the space chain.
A NEW AND HISTORICAL TAKE-OFF FOR THE FRENCH!
This morning, after a scheduled take-off at 5:49 a.m. (11:49 a.m., French time) from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, the mission crew 2 with its capsule Crew Dragon and the reusable launcher F de SpaceX will indeed help speed up the pace of 2020st century discoverers, less than a year after its first manned flight, in May XNUMX.
Admittedly, the postponement of the take-off of Crew2 from Thursday to Friday for " adverse weather conditions ”And in particular of wind, came to remind the vulnerability of any technology, even the most advanced, vis-a-vis the elements. But he will also have underlined the humility imposed by any large company when the first victory to be won is called "continuity", point Didier Schmitt, boss of ESA, the European Space Agency. This tenacity in the scientific effort that will be embodied in particular Thomas Pesquet and his colleagues at ESA.
To follow this unique event, we invite you to follow the live of Stardust, the Air & Space channel, real French experts who have been offering a program since 7:00 am this morning with numerous reports and technical and practical explanations.
THE TAKE-OFF OF CREW DRAGON 2: A WHOLE PROGRAM!
We obviously wish good luck and good luck to the team of Crew Dragon 2 and more particularly to our French commander Thomas Pesquet. It's a beautiful day to be proud of having a standard bearer like Thomas.
