Shuttle Atlantis unwrapped ahead of public debut

The Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule climb the ramp to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of next week’s crew launch in this time-lapse video.

SpaceX will go for another first Thursday, this time flying a refurbished Dragon supply ship carrying nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo and experiments to the International Space Station nearly three years after its first mission.

All NASA centers and facilities will begin a mandatory telework policy for agency and contractor employees effective immediately, except for “mission-essential” personnel, to combat the threat from the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Tuesday.