NASA SpaceX Launch Watch, May 30, 2020

On Saturday, May 30, 2020, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifting off on a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley . To commemorate this history-in-the-making event, the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosted a Launch Watch The Launch Watch began with comments from Michael Lembeck, (B.S. ’80, M.S. ’81, Ph.D., ’91, from U of I), who was instrumental in the Commerical Crew Program during his career with NASA gave a brief overview about this mission. Lembeck is a faculty member in the U of I Dept. of AE and director of the Laboratory for Advanced Space Systems at Illinois. Lembeck was joined by Zachary Putnam, AE faculty member specializing in space systems engineering. Special Events Facilitator Courtney McLearin coordinated the event.