Installing SuperDraco engines, which will power Crew Dragon’s launch escape system, for the first mission with @NASA astronauts on board pic.twitter.com/doBMSUIuK0
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 29, 2019
Starship MK1, meet launch pad 🚀 pic.twitter.com/TLE0uKe0CH
— SPadre (@SpacePadreIsle) October 30, 2019
Starship Mk1's bottom section has been moved onto the Roll-Lift crawler. 🤩🚀😜@NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/U9ckz2IU59
— Mary (@BocaChicaGal) October 29, 2019
SpaceX team has completed 13 successful tests in a row of upgraded Mark 3 parachutes for Crew Dragon. Most recent test demonstrated the parachute system’s ability to land the spacecraft safely in the unlikely event that one of the four main parachutes fails. pic.twitter.com/VJzDeS8UAG
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 3, 2019
The fairing supporting this mission previously flew on Falcon Heavy’s Arabsat-6A mission pic.twitter.com/iTgqqtl1pW
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 5, 2019
This will be the first time that SpaceX has attempted to fly the same Falcon 9 first stage four times. This particular stage flew on July 25 (Iridium 7 mission) and October 8 (SAOCOM 1-A) in 2018 as well as February 22 (Nusantara Satu and Beresheet spacecraft) this year.