Cape canaveral. First time in almost a decade americans are going to be sending americans into space. This is a big moment for elon musk and his spacex company. In fact will use tesla vehicle to bring the two astronauts out to the ganttry here. This is launchpad 39a. That should ring a pell, where all apollo flights took off, including apollo xi, the one that landed on the moon. You will see see key players there. People on cocoa beach. They say better part of valor keeping your distance. Try telling a people not seen a manned launch from Cape Canaveral in a decade. We we have phil keating at Kennedy Space center in Cape Canaveral. Phil . Reporter at this moment all systems are go for the historic launch 4 30 p. M. Eastern time, roughly four hours from now. This is the fires time, a private space company, spacex will launch astronauts from their rocket and capsule, ever. This is big deal. Lives are on the line. This is the only second time the space dragon capsule has gone from either
The s p and nasdaq shaking off earlier losses closing near the highs of the day. There is optimism out there about a economic recovery and also about hopes for a vaccine. So, optimistic day. We will get to the launch. Well spend a lot of the hour on it. First fox Business Team coverage of our top stories. Lauren simonetti on the markets for us, blake burman in washington who has the latest for the president who is in florida for the launch and Kristina Partsinevelos joins us with news on disney. We start, blake, with you. Reporter connell, melissa, speaking of that launch who wouldnt want a front row seat to it. Exactly where President Trump and first lady, the Vice President , section lady are right now in florida in advance of what we are expecting to be the historic launch about 31, 32 minutes from now at the Kennedy Space center. President trump taking a tour there. He was asked what his message is for those two astronauts who will be aboard the spacex rocket going up to the Intern
Please welcome drew horn, office of the Vice President of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Im really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. So first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and through the leadership of the president and the Vice President we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of space expiration and scientific discovery. By combining efforts of the United States government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we couldve only dreamt of. As the chair of the National Space council, the Vice President is leading an executive Branch Policy of to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and also open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. Before president president ial space policy directives generated by the council are sp
Please welcome drew horn, office of the Vice President of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Im really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. So first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and through the leadership of the president and the Vice President we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of space expiration and scientific discovery. By combining efforts of the United States government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we couldve only dreamt of. As the chair of the National Space council, the Vice President is leading an executive Branch Policy of to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and also open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. Before president president ial space policy directives generated by the council are sp
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