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SpaceX, a space exploration company founded by Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, an American electric vehicle company, is about to fight for the first time in space.
The Falcon 9 rocket located on the Kennedy Space Center launch pad. AP = Yonhap News
On the 10th, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) approved the astronaut roundtrip transportation qualification for SpaceX’s ‘Crew-1’ spacecraft and the Falcon 9 rocket. This makes SpaceX the first NASA-approved commercial astronaut company some 40 years after it created the shuttle program.
The Falcon 9 rocket in motion. UPI-Yonhap News
Crew-1 will launch on the Falcon 9 rocket at 7:49 p.m. on the 14th (9:49 a.m. KST) and arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) 9 hours after going through the six-round process around the Earth. Expected. SpaceX, which also test-launched the ‘Crew Dragon’ manned capsule in May, plans to launch a total of seven dragon ships, including four cargo ships (Dragon Cargo) by the end of next year.
Crew-1 astronauts are showing their fingers to reporters wearing lightweight spacesuits at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the 12th. From left: physicist Shannon Walker, the first African-American astronaut, Colonel Victor Glover, Captain Mike Hopkins and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Research and Development Organization. UPI = Yonhap News
Crew 1 will be aboard four astronauts: Captain Mike Hopkins, Colonel of the US Air Force, Captain Victor Glover, the first African-American astronaut, Shannon Walker, a physicist and astronaut, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Research and Development Organization (JAXA). . They gave the spacecraft the name “Resilience”.
The ‘Crew Dragon’, to be used for the Crew-1 mission, is placed at the launch site. UPI = Yonhap News
Airmen in spacesuits are moving for rehearsals at Kennedy Space Center on the 12th. EPA = Yonhap News
Crew-1 is currently in final preparation at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the launch site is located. After reaching space, your mission is to first join three other astronauts aboard the ISS, conduct research for six months until next spring, and switch with the next team of astronauts in another capsule manned by a dragon.
Reporter Jang Jin-young
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