our other big story at 5:00 we are just
hours away now from a historic launch
from our coast the clock is counting
down until SpaceX tests a new crew
capsule designed to San astronauts back
into space from American soil right now
launch is set for 249 tomorrow morning
news six has team coverage looking at
the launch from the Space Coast clay
Lepard is looking at the Crown's already
gathering of Cape but first we start
with news 6s Eric's and of all who has
more on this and Eric so much excitement
out there right now you know there
really is we just got finished with a
press conference and everybody was just
giddy about what's going to be happening
early but amaro morning I think in the
distance you can see this Falcon 9
rocket sitting on the launch pad there I
mentioned at 4 o'clock crews right now
as we speak are going through their
last-minute technical checks to make
sure that this lunch goes off without a
hitch and we got some special access to
this rocket earlier today and we have
some video we want to show you this is
that Falcon 9 rocket on top of it is the
crew Dragon capsule now we talked with
NASA administrators here they tell us
the design going into this was to make
the inside of that capsule look like the
inside of an airline cockpit they think
this is going to be the future of travel
now this morning's launch a tomorrow
morning's launch is just going to be a
test with a dummy on it there's not
going to be any humans on board but one
of the astronauts who will fly that
first manned mission possibly later this
year told us he's glad to doing this
test first something really exciting
about being first getting to fly a
crewed mission kind of coming out of
this and we're gonna do it like you said
the the old-school way we both landed on
shuttles smoothly at the the runway here
I think for both of us on both of our
shuttle flights and so really excited on
to be on this flight and to take the
splashdown at the end
now that splashdown at the end he was
talking about was you know the capsule
splashdowns like during the Apollo
missions of the 60s and 70s they're
going to be doing that during this test
flight as well of course no human will
be on board
I just tech check - a SpaceX just
tweeted everything looks good for launch
at 249 in the morning of course we will
be here tracking it as it happens for
now we are live at Kennedy Space Center
Erick's and of all getting results new
six back to you
Eric thank you we'll see you again at
6:00 and our team coverage turns now to
news six is clay Lepard and clay there
are a lot of people already out there
waiting for this historic launch ginger
the excitement is building up we have
been all over Brevard County today right
now we're at space V park here in
Titusville and we've met people from
Canada from Mexico and all over the
United States and the one thing everyone
had in common is that they all believe
that this overnight launch has the
potential to be an historic moment in
spaceflight the Falcon 9 and crew dragon
are vertical at historic launch complex
39a
and then the Port Canaveral bleachers
this couple is already scoping out where
to sit we never believed that we could
gots any lounge here re Chavez a Marco
lamellae or on a road trip from Houston
and wanted to see Kennedy Space Center
they never expected their trip would
sync up just right with this historic
launch we are really excited actually
very very excited we never really
thought got something like no no and
just a short drive down Brevard County
it's great it's the start of a new era
plenty of people already piling into the
popular viewing spot jetty park it's a
historical moment for Cape Canaveral and
this man remembers watching the space
shuttle launches over the years he's
lived here when I come walking out on
that beach later on tonight I'm pretty
much sure it's gonna be packed up pretty
much tight that's the way I look at it
everybody else around it knows is gonna
be historical and as we get closer and
closer to that 249 launch time expect to
see more people rolling out of bed with
their alarms and making their way out
here to get a spot for what could be an
historic moment and a Restorick return
and that first step towards manned
spaceflight here along the Space Coast
clay Lepard getting results news six
clay I'm not gonna lie I'm not even
going to bed so exciting thank you