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Crew Dragon launches to the ISS with its first operational flight
Crew Dragon will fly to the International Space Station via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
The Crew Dragon manned spacecraft launched to the International Space Station (ISS) with its first operational flight. Issued on Monday, November 16 at Twitter– NASA account.
Take off! pic.twitter.com/Unf1ScdVFB
– SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 16, 2020
Elon Musk’s company SpaceX, which is the first private company to start transporting people into space, sent four astronauts to the International Space Station in their own spacecraft.
It is reported that 9 minutes after launch, the first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth. The rocket landed on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
The crew is ready for launch pic.twitter.com/HqJGin0gg7
– SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 16, 2020
There are three American astronauts on board: Major Michael Hopkins, Pilot Victor Glover and Specialist Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
The crew of the first regular mission Crew-1 will join the crew of the 64th ISS Expedition, which now includes NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, as well as Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.
It was also reported that SpaceX’s Falcon-9 space launch vehicles could be used by the US military for urgent transportation of cargo around the planet through space.
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