Elasticity will arise in the event of a move to the International Space Station
NASA
Resilience is on the way to the International Space Station. At exactly 7:27 p.m., and the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster bribe came alive on Complex 39A, its engines sparkled off the Florida coast. Gl drop Mudrop-shaped crew Dragon spacecraft picture-full launch – nickname given elasticity – marks A historic moment in American spaceflight history.
“By working together in these difficult times, you have inspired the nation, the world and in no small part, the name of this incredible vehicle, resilience,” said Michael Hopkins, Crew-1 spacecraft commander.
Resilience is the theme of the projection. Since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011, NASA has not sent humans into orbit from American soil in operational missions. The launch for this particular mission has been delayed, pushed back and postponed several times – the original timeline includes the November 2016 launch date. Four years And a few technical stumbles later, Resilience is in flight.
The crew consists of an international assembly of Dragon astronauts: Hopkins, Victor Glover and NASA’s Shannon and Walker, plus Japan’s space agency JXA’s Sochi Noguchi. The team is expected to spend the next six months on the International Space Station.
“This is a great day for the United States of America and a great day for Japan,” NASA Administrator Jim Brydenstein told a post-launch conference. “The big landmark here is that we are now moving from development and testing and to operational flights.”
“I look forward to enjoying the new era and moving forward together for the future,” said Hiroshi Sasaki, JXA’s vice president.
Within 10 minutes of launch, the first phase Falcon 9 Booster landed safely on the Just Read the Instructions droneship located in the Atlantic. It was the first time a reusable rocket had been used in a mission and was planned to be reused on the next operational flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Crew-2.
Crew-2 is scheduled to launch in March, 2021 and will carry four astronauts again. It will reuse the Crew Dragon Endeavor, which was first used in the SpaceX Demo-2 mission in May.
Through smoke, the first phase of the Falcon 9 on a droneship in the Atlantic.
NASA
After a while, around 12 minutes, the elasticity separated from the second phase and moved towards its path. The spacecraft will now chase the ISS and dock with the station. ET around 11pm on November 16th.
The Falcon 9 rocket is not the first time a crew has launched a Dragon spacecraft. In May, NASA astronauts were Bob Behanken and Doug Hurley The first two humans to go into orbit by SpaceX’s workhorse rocket. But it was one Testing The mission is to tick off the final commercials before officially starting operations for NASA’s Commercial Crew program.
Crew-1 signals the return of operational flights to U.S. soil and the first flight to the CCP. To date, NASA has been buying flights on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Flying SpaceX will save NASA about 25 25 million per seat.
NASA has also contracted with Boeing to deliver astronauts to the ISS, but The company’s crude spacecraft, Starliner, ran into technical problems During its first quote demonstration launch.
You can Watch the launch replay below.
