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i'm nasa kennedy's courtney langevin and

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i'm outside ksc taking you

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inside ksc nasa and spacex announced

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that they are targeting no earlier than

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october 23rd

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2020 for their first operational flight

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with crew to the international space

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station

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part of the agency's commercial crew

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program crew one

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will be the first of regular rotational

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missions to the orbiting laboratory

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the spacex falcon 9 rocket topped with

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the company's crew dragon spacecraft

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is scheduled to lift off from kennedy

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space center's historic launch complex

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39a in florida crew dragon will carry

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spacecraft commander michael hopkins

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pilot victor glover mission specialist

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shannon walker and mission specialist

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suichi noguchi

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to the space station for a six-month

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science mission

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hopkins glover and walker are all nasa

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astronauts and noguchi is a japan

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aerospace exploration agency astronaut

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in preparation for the launch the crew

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of four recently completed emergency

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egress training in florida

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the two training scenarios involved

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simulating emergency situations

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following splashdown of the spacecraft

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as well as just before liftoff at the

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launch pad

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senior leaders at kennedy held a virtual

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town hall meeting on august 20th where

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questions submitted by the workforce

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were answered

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participating in the town hall were

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center director bob cabana

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deputy director janet petra and

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associate directors calvin manning and

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bert summerfield

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during the live broadcast kennedy

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employees were encouraged to email in

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any questions they had for upper

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management the town hall touched on a

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variety of topics from looking back at

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the success of recent launches to what

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lies ahead

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to updates on the criteria for returning

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to on-site work

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for more inside ksc check us out on

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