Private company SpaceX wants to send astronauts to the ISS for the first time «kleinezeitung.at



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In May, the first manned space flight from the United States is scheduled for 2011. The space company SpaceX wants to send astronauts to the ISS.

11:38 p.m., April 17, 2020

The mission is scheduled to start on May 27.
The mission is scheduled to start on May 27. © (c) AP (John Raoux)

US space company SpaceX plans to send astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27 for the first time.. A Falcon 9-type SpaceX missile is said to target the two American astronauts Bob Behnken and Douglas Hurley launch as the head of NASA, Jim Bridenstine, announced Friday on the short message service Twitter.

It would be the first time in nine years that astronauts were launched from the United States. Since the United States suspended its space shuttle program in 2011, it has relied on Russian Soyuz rockets to bring astronauts to the ISS..

Therefore, NASA commissioned SpaceX and its competitor Boeing to build space shuttles for astronauts. SpaceX is a pioneer in technology. Elon musk, which also owns electric car maker Tesla.

Douglas Hurley (left) and Bob Behnken travel to the ISS Photo © (c) AP (Alex Gallardo)

SpaceX has flown to the ISS a total of 15 times since 2012, but so far the company has only taken supply flights. In March 2019, SpaceX successfully sent its “Crew Dragon” space capsule to the ISS for the first time, but still unmanned. There was only one doll in the spacesuit in the capsule.


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