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US space company Crew Dragon launched its historic first manned flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday after concerns about adverse weather conditions at the last minute, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said.
Two NASA astronauts flew to TKS: Bob Behnken, 49, and Doug Hurley, 53.
“We’re going to light this candle,” Hurley said just before the rocket engines started. He repeated the words spoken by the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, before his 1961 flight.
Falcon 9 two-stage launch vehicle 15.22 min. The East Coast (10:22 p.m., Lithuania) took off on time from Historic Site 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, from which Neil Armstrong and two other astronauts took off for a historic flight to the Moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission.
“America has begun!” Said the speaker via NASA’s live video.
The mission, called Demo-2, became the first manned flight from the United States since 2011. In addition, it is the first manned space flight organized by a private company.
This mission is seen as a crucial step for the United States to end its dependence on Russian spacecraft crew members to and from TKS.
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