SpaceX the First SpaceCraft of Flying Capability of Traveling and Returning Huaman from Space Stations
At 19:27 pm on the 15th local time (8:27 am Beijing time), the American space exploration technology company SpaceX Crew carrying four astronauts was driven from a “Falcon 9” rocket from Kennedy, Florida The space center is launched into space.
This is the second manned launch of the Long Spacecraft after SpaceX’s first manned flight on May 31 this year, and it is also the first commercial manned space mission performed by SpaceX’s commercial spacecraft after obtaining NASA’s certification.
Dragon is the only spacecraft currently flying capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth and is the first private spacecraft to take humans to the @Space_Station pic.twitter.com/vjjAlyK0Hl
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 15, 2020
This launch mission is also the first time that NASA has used a privately-owned commercial spacecraft to transport astronauts into the established orbit, and the US commercial space era has begun.
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The Crew-1 mission has lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from @NASAKennedy at 7:27pm ET and is en route to the @Space_Station. #LaunchAmerica pic.twitter.com/5Q3uXSLvqt
— NASA (@NASA) November 16, 2020
The four astronauts who took the SpaceX to the International Space Station this time are Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japanese astronauts. Soichi Noguchi (Soichi Noguchi). The rocket lifted off from Florida, and SpaceX successfully recovered the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster, which is planned to launch next year’s Crew-2 mission.
The spacecraft used for this mission will be separated from the second stage of the Falcon 9 after 10 minutes of ignition. It will fly in orbit for 27 hours and then dock with the International Space Station. The docking is expected to be at 11pm Eastern Time on Monday On (Tuesday 12 o’clock Beijing time). The space mission is expected to last 180 days, and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will transport astronauts back to Earth in June 2021.
It is reported that the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft system, including the Falcon 9 rocket and related ground systems, is the first new spacecraft certified by NASA to carry astronauts on a regular basis in the United States nearly 40 years ago. The Dragon spacecraft can deliver goods or carry people, and has completed 22 round-trip missions to the International Space Station.
