SpaceX and a Female Mannequin Named ‘Ripley'

NASA has given a "go" for Crew Dragon's inaugural launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday at 2:49 a.m. ET. The mission has a roughly 80% chance of good weather for launch, according to a forecast issued Thursday.

For this experimental mission, called Demo-1, SpaceX won't launch any of NASA's finest to the International Space Station. Instead, it will send 400 pounds of cargo and a crash-test dummy wearing a spacesuit.

Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX's vice president for build and flight reliability, revealed during a press briefing on Thursday that the dummy will have a female body and spacesuit.

"It has lots of sensors. We call it a smarty, and her name is Ripley," Koenigsmann said. The name is an homage to Ellen Ripley, the lead character in the film "Alien" played by Sigourney Weaver.

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By Dave Mosher, Business Insider, Photo Credit: SpaceX

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The spacesuit and Crew Dragon spaceship that SpaceX hopes to use to launch NASA astronauts into space. Credit: SpaceX