NASA could lift off on its first manned SpaceX mission in the first-quarter of next year.
That’s according to NASA’s chief, who says the new Crew Dragon astronaut capsule will be ready by March, 2020.
Jim Bridenstine says the time frame will be met if “everything goes according to plan” in upcoming tests.
Earlier this year an explosion during a ground test and technical issues with the re-entry parachute system threaten to derail the project.
Iran denies talks with US after Trump postpones strikes on power grid
Iran denied on Monday that it had engaged in negotiations with the United States, after President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb Iran's power grid because of what he described as productive talks with unidentified Iranian officials.
Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon
Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has stated that Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country's south, as Israeli troops bombed bridges and destroyed homes in an escalating military assault.
Kim Jong Un says North Korea’s nuclear status is irreversible, threatens South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would permanently strengthen its nuclear forces and treat South Korea as its most hostile state, as he set out policy priorities in a speech to parliament, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.
Seven overhead power lines out of service due to falling debris in Kuwait
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy has announced late on Monday that seven overhead power lines in several areas of the country were taken out of service due to damage sustained from falling debris following air defence interceptions.
Death toll nearly doubles to 66 in Colombian military plane crash
The death toll in the crash of a Colombian Air Force plane has nearly doubled to 66 by Monday evening, two military sources told Reuters, as authorities continued to pull bodies from the wreckage.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia preparing new massive attack
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukrainian intelligence believed Russian forces were preparing a new, imminent mass attack on the country.
Rockets launched from Iraq’s Mosul towards US base in Syria
At least seven rockets were launched from the Iraqi town of Rabi'a towards a US military base in northeastern Syria on Monday, two Iraqi security sources said, the first attack of its kind since the start of the US-Israeli military campaign on Iran.
Hong Kong police given new powers to obtain phone, computer passwords
Hong Kong police can now demand that people suspected of breaching the city's national security law provide mobile phone or computer passwords in a further crackdown on dissent.
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