Ben Cooper/SpaceX SpaceX is about to launch its highest-stakes mission since Elon Musk founded the company in 2002: Its first launch of people. NASA is working with the company to launch the mission, called Demo-2, which will fly astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley inside a Crew Dragon spaceship. The mission is scheduled to launch from from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 4:33 p.m.