Crew Dragon Manned Spacecraft Launch to ISS Scheduled for November 14, NASA Says

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The launch of the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for November 14, NASA said in a statement.

According to the statement, NASA and SpaceX's first crew rotation mission is targeted for November 14, at 7:49 p.m. EST Saturday.

.@NASA and @SpaceX are now targeting Nov. 14 at 7:49 p.m. EST for the launch of the first crew rotation mission to the @Space_Station.

Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. EDT for a media teleconference to discuss the upcoming launch: https://t.co/NxXawG10KJ pic.twitter.com/Bv6ZETJPTd

— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) October 26, 2020

​"NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission will launch the agency’s astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy," NASA said.

Earlier, NASA reported that the launch of the spacecraft to the ISS would take place no earlier than early to mid-November.

These four astronauts are getting ready to launch to the @Space_Station aboard a @SpaceX Crew Dragon:

1⃣ Shannon Walker
2⃣ @VicGlover
3⃣ @Astro_illini
4⃣ @Astro_Soichi

Currently, the launch is targeted for no earlier than early-to-mid November: https://t.co/iu1oydAtxA pic.twitter.com/Dm73OjJ0b9

— NASA Commercial Crew (@Commercial_Crew) October 16, 2020