We have the nasa administrator. We have the nasa deputy administrator. We will hear more from them in a minute. First talk to bob cabana. And cabana good morning welcome to the Kennedy Space center. I dont have to tell you how intoing it is to launch dutch astronauts into space for the first time in nine years. Our Shuttle Missions launched from that pad, including my flight. With our partnership with spacex, the pad is being used again and is now for the commercial crew program and for other spacex projects. Truly in his start time from an historic pad. Time fromn historic an historic pad. Jim was a huge advocate and proponent for aviation and spaceflight as the Armed Services committee and the science and Technology Committee and he is no sharing that passion as he needs nasa into a new era of space expiration. Jim. It is great toe be here at the Kennedy Space centers. We are now launching american astronauts from an american rocket on american soil. It has been nine years since we h
Hello. Thank you for joining us today. We have one day to launch of the historic nasa spacex mission. We moved the press conference indoors due to weather, but we have good news the weather has improved. We have a 60 chance of favorable weather for launch. We will hear lots about the launch by the great guests today. We have bob cabana, the director for the Kennedy Space center. Jim bridenstine the nasa , administrator. We have astronauts. We have the nasa deputy administrator. We will hear more from them in a minute. First, lets talk to bob cabana. Dir. Cabana good morning and welcome to the Kennedy Space center. I dont have to tell you how exciting it is to have the first flights of humans to space from the Kennedy Space center in nine years. We went to the moon from pad 39a. 82 love the 135 Shuttle Missions launched, including three of my flights. With our partnership with spacex, the pad is being used again and is now for the commercial crew program and for other spacex projects. I
Minute. First, lets talk to bob cabana. Dir. Cabana good morning and welcome to the Kennedy Space center. I dont have to tell you how exciting it is to have the first flights of humans to space from the Kennedy Space center in nine years. And what a historic pad to be doing it from. We went to the moon from pad 39a. 82 of the 135 Shuttle Missions launched, including three of my flights. With our partnership with spacex, the pad is being used again and is now for the commercial crew program and for other spacex missions. I think it is absolutely outstanding. Truly an historic time from an historic pad. We are pleased to have our nasa administrator with us this morning. As a member of congress, jim was a huge advocate and proponent for aviation and spaceflight as a member of the Armed Services committee and the science and technology committee. Now he is sharing that passion with all of us as he leads nasa into a new era of space exploration. Jim. Adm. Bridenstine it is great to be here
International space station. Hello. Thank you for joining us today. We have one day to launch of the historic nasa spacex mission. Hello. Thank you for joining us today. We have one day to launch of the historic nasa spacex mission. We moved the press conference indoors due to weather, but we have good news the weather has improved. We have a 60 chance of favorable weather for launch. We will hear lots about the launch by the great guests today. We have bob cabana, the director for the Kennedy Space center. Jim bridenstine, the nasa we have commercial group astronauts. Commercial crew astronauts. We have the nasa deputy administrator. We will hear more from them in a minute. First, lets talk to bob cabana. Dir. Cabana good morning and welcome to the Kennedy Space center. I dont have to tell you how exciting it is to have the first flights of humans to space from the Kennedy Space center in nine years. And what a historic pad to be doing it from. We went to the moon from pad 39a. 82 of
54 degrees. It will be a day where it will not budge all that much. Some temperatures are 55s. There are more 50s compared to the 40s. It is very close with not much of a change and temperatures are stuck under the cloud cover and there is some rain around the north coast but for us, we have a cooler pattern until friday and then we see higher temps by the weekend. We are in the 50s and 60s and that is it. No more 70s until the weekend. What you want to get to . We will start with Contra Costa County because if youre driving on highway four, you will see slow traffic but it is there and backed up and it is a long backup all the way to concord and then again as you approach interstate 680, this includes highway 24 which is slow on the way to the tunnel now we see that fog you were talking about in lafayette. It is cloudy at the macarthur maze and the bay bridge toll plaza we have big delays. As we look at interstate 880 in oakland, it is more crowded. These freeways are getting more ful