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hi I'm NASA Kennedy's Chris Chamberland

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and I'm outside KSC taking you inside

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NASA and SpaceX have selected May 27th

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2020 for the demo2 mission that will

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launch American astronauts from American

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soil to the International Space Station

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this will mark the first time astronauts

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have launched from the US since the end

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of the space shuttle program in 2011

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under the agency's Commercial Crew

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program NASA astronauts Bob bacon and

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Doug Hurley will fly to the space

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station and SpaceX's crewed Dragon

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spacecraft launching the top a falcon 9

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rocket liftoff the scheduled for 4:30 2

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p.m. from ke Space Center's launch

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complex 39a the final test for SpaceX

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this mission will fully validate the

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company's crude transportation system

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once validated crew dragon can be

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certified for operational long-duration

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missions to the orbiting laboratory

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earlier this month JPL engineers

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completed crucial mass properties

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testing on the Mars perseverance Rover

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here at Kennedy during the test the

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rover was rotated clockwise and

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counterclockwise to determine its center

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of gravity this will help ensure the

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rover lands on the surface of the Red

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Planet as planned the rover will launch

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aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5

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rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force

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Station liftoff is targeted between July

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17th and August 5th and landing on Mars

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is scheduled for February 18th 2021

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NASA's launch services program based at

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Kennedy is managing the launch amended

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comput 19 pandemic Kennedy employees are

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playing a key role in furthering NASA's

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missions and goals a large majority of

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the kandy workforce is now working from

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home if you're at Kennedy employee

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working from home send an email to the

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KSC newsroom with the subject line how I

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telework and a picture of you working in

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your home office

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however creative that may be please also

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be sure to include your name and

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organization 1 inside KSC check us out

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on social media all right NASA doc out