NASA, SpaceX launch: NASA representatives, Elon Musk host post-launch press conference

SpaceX founder Elon Musk, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Commercial Crew Program manager Kathy Lueders, a SpaceX representative, International Space Station (ISS) Program manager Kirk Shireman and NASA chief astronaut Pat Forrester held a news conference after the SpaceX Demo-2 mission launch to the ISS, which took place earlier in the day.

NASA and SpaceX sent the first crewed space mission from U.S. soil into outer space since 2001 on Saturday, after inclement weather resulted in the launch being scrubbed about 17 minutes before ignition on Wednesday.

Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken lifted off in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on May 30 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:22 p.m. ET en route to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission marks SpaceX's historic first with carrying humans and it serves as the company's climactic test before NASA can certify its Crew Dragon capsule for regular operational flights.

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[christianlindhardt]

29:34 is absolute gold. Elon asks the reporter to repeat the question to smear it in the face of NASA 😂

[shortyjy]

23:12 As a father myself this really pressed on the heart strings.

[dragonboy]

Making him do calm press conferences is so funny to watch.

[NeuromodulatorNetwork]

In addition to SpaceX, as a Harvard Neuroscientist, I'm incredibly excited about Elon's NeuraLink and will soon be releasing vids that will go into how it works and what it may be able to accomplish in terms of ameliorating many disease conditions. Sub in the meantime if interested. Details verifying my background and affiliations can be found in my "about" section. Cheers. 🧠⚡🤯🚀

[tertiary]

Just the Elon bits...
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23:35 - simulating human emotion
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[juggaloscrub]

Elon you are my hero, in more ways than one. You are truly a visionary and an inspiration. I wish I could be involved in the future you envision.

[SirDeanosity]

Elon: your face is glowing like the nozzle of the MVAC engine and the heart of the 10year old inside of you. I watched the launch live and sweated, teared up, breathed heavy, etc. as I know many others did. Congratulations!

[calinagotici]

Thank you to NASA and SpaceX for making this amazing feat happen! Hope to see the dads back home safe soon.

[juggaloscrub]

20 minutes after launch, I'd be like I gotta pee. Lol

[saxefoner]

Notice how sincere Elon Musk is about us becoming a multi-planet species. This is big news to me. The new frontier is here!

[GongMaster]

Elon Musk is such an amazing human. He speaks from the heart and I am total with his vision of us expanding to other planets. The universe is conscious and becomes more and more aware by making more and more connections. The maximum is reached when every point is connected to every other point. Our work is speeding up evolution towards this point. It is the great attractor and it seems, that we play a key role in this. Just imagine what we achieved within the past 100 years. Think about the tempo increase of this evolution and now try to imagine where we are 50 years from today. It is near impossible to imagine, based on the rate of development.

[Андрій-олщ]

The tramplin is working😂😂😂😂 inside joke

[cogybear]

Elon is pulling off his starman mask a little more each time he uplevels us

[dmitryborsukovsky]

"The trampoline is working". That is not just an inside joke! In 2014 Rogozin (currently serving as the General director of Roscosmos), who was deputy prime minister and oversaw space development issues, wrote on Twitter that Russia may refuse to deliver American astronauts to the ISS. This happened after the United States imposed sanctions against Russia for the annexation of Crimea. To get on the ISS, Rogozin advised the Americans to use a trampoline. Russians got alot of memes about this guy. A lot of people are surprised that he is still a head of roscosmos since a huge amount of money gets stolen each time they're making any kind of project.

[laxmannarayanshrestha]

29:40 that is the exact question i had when they reach to the orbit.

[QuantumBraced]

Elon is so genuine. It's a nice break from all of these scripted / PR things.

[soc]

Congratulations!🚀
Space X, Elon Musk, NASA

Thank you for this amazing moment in history.

[mannameditations]

He seems so shy and polite I love it 💗

[beyondcompute]

Now the Space Station inhabitants at least are going to see how a modern spacecraft with good interior design looks 😅

[siriusstarlight]

Great job everyone, hope they return home safely. 🙏💫🪐