Nasa has given the green light for the first test flight of a new space capsule of a private company, SpaceX for manned missions. The space capsule “Crew Dragon” is set to start next Saturday to the International space station ISS. However, this should be done without astronauts on Board, as announced by The US space Agency Nasa on Friday. During the test flight only a life-sized doll will be.
Nasa wants to leave this year for the first time, astronauts with a SpaceX rocket into space. SpaceX has already sent several times in his space capsule “Dragon” to the ISS, but so far only with the Material. Expected in July, are now to be astronauts on Board a “Crew Dragon”capsule, which is transported by a Falcon-9 rocket into space. At the space station Mission, two astronauts are to participate.
contract with Russia runs out in November
The test flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, according to Nasa, now for the 2. March planned. On 3. March is scheduled to dock with the capsule at the ISS and at the 8. March to return to the earth. “We are ready for the Start, we are ready for Docking,” said Bill Gerstenmaier, Nasa for manned space travel, is responsible, at a press conference at the American spaceport Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The Space Shuttle program, the United States had been discontinued in 2011. American astronauts now could be reached only with Russian Soyuz rockets to the ISS. The contract with Russia runs out in November. Then SpaceX and Boeing to take over. The founder and main owner of the space travel company SpaceX, the Tesla boss Elon Musk . (Dec/sda)
Created: 23.02.2019, 11:57 am