SpaceX launched NASA’s Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Company (JAXA) Soichi Noguchi on the Crew-1 mission to the space station in November final yr.
The space firm owned by Elon Musk is now performing the Crew-2 mission. Together with the mentioned mission, the Crew Dragon capsule; NASAShane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur from JAXAAkihiko Hoshide from (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company) and ESA(European Space Company) Thomas Pesquet and Crew Dragon are sending Endeavou to the space station.
The Crew Dragon capsule, launched by Falcon 9 rocket at 12:49 am Turkey time, is on its method to the Worldwide Space Station with the astronauts.
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to the space station – VIDEO
WILL REACH THE STATION TOMORROW
The Crew Dragon capsule carrying the astronauts will attain the Worldwide Space Station at round 12:00 CEST tomorrow and can dock routinely.
On the different hand, SpaceX despatched on its first mission crew-1 crew remains to be on the space station. Nevertheless, with the arrival of the new group, these astronauts will return to Earth at the finish of the month.
SPACEX SAVE NASA A MAJOR HAPPINESS
in 2011 NASA, which had to terminate the Space Shuttle program, had to carry its astronauts and different space companions to the Worldwide Space Station with Russia’s Soyuz capsules as of this date.
NASA was paying Russia $80 million per seat to ship astronauts to the space station with the Soyuz capsule.
Thanks to the Crew Dragon capsule developed by SpaceX and launched to the space station, NASA has now freed itself from the $80 million it paid to Russia per seat for the Soyuz capsule.
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