For the first time since 1982, NASA has certified a spaceship to operationally carry humans into low Earth orbit.
At the Kennedy Space Center today, NASA and SpaceX — with JAXA’s participation — formally certified the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to transport people to and from the Space Station and cleared the Crew-1 mission for launch on Saturday, 14 November at 19:49:50 EST (00:49:50 UTC on 15 November).
Meanwhile, SpaceX has delayed the planned Tuesday static fire of the Falcon 9 rocket in order to swap out a purge valve on the second stage.