• SpaceX, NASA target May 27 for 1st Crew Dragon test flight with astronauts (Space.com)
• Bridenstine says Crew Dragon could launch with astronauts at end of May (Spaceflight Now)
• SpaceX’s Crew Dragon gets a launch date—May 27 (Ars Technica)

Welcome to Monday! The timing of our show means we sometimes miss breaking news in the moment that it is happening, and we want to start today’s episode with a story you may have already heard: On Friday, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein announced that NASA will be launching astronauts to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon on May 27. With the current pandemic, this means there is zero chance any of us here at CosmoQuest will be there to bring this to you live, but we will be following along at a safe distance. To use Bridenstine’s oft used phrase, NASA will one again launch American astronauts from American rockets from American soil.” Or, as we like to think of it – Oh – cool, a new rocket will launch from a launch site we can drive to! As always, space is everyone’s and Musk is a South African, who like many foreign born people throughout the aerospace agency, has come to live in the US because this is a good place to build and launch rockets. Go little rocket, go.