The space company Space-X has shot as the first private company a unmanned capsule to Transport humans into space. The “Crew Dragon” stood on Saturday at the top of a SpaceX-built rocket and tomorrow, docking at the International space station. This spring, people will fly on Board the capsule into space. the
launched An unmanned spacecraft of the company Space-X and Tesla founder Elon Musk’s successful space station ISS. A Falcon 9 rocket with the spacecraft “Crew Dragon” took off in the Morning (CET) from the spaceport Cape Canaveral in the U.S. state of Florida, such as Live images of the US space Agency Nasa showed. The space capsule with a Dummy full of Sensors, instead of the astronauts on Board was supposed to dock on Sunday at the ISS a few days later you will return to the earth.
It is the first Time that a private company built and operated Crew van from American soil lifts. The aim of the USA is to send back even manned flights to the International space station and to no longer be dependent on Russia. Since the end of the Shuttle programme, Nasa, in 2011, US astronauts using Russian Soyuz capsules to the ISS to fly. The United States in the future want to focus more on private companies for manned flights into space.
Nasa-chief Jim bride Stine wrote after the launch on Twitter: “today’s successful launch marks a new Chapter of American excellence and brings us to fly American astronauts once again with American rockets.” According to Nasa, is to be ensured with the test flight, the spacecraft and its systems, as planned to work, “before we get the Crew on Board”. The “Crew Dragon” has space for seven people.
a view into the Interior of the “Crew Dragon”
(photo: AFP)
Musk said it was “super stressful”, to watch the Start of the “Dragon”, which was promoted by a of a Space X developed Falcon carrier rocket into space. “Frankly, I’m exhausted and a little emotional,” he said. “We need to dock at the space station. We still need to come back, but so far it has worked … we have the most dangerous things behind us.”
In the spring should sit Space-X, for the first Time, Nasa astronauts aboard the “Crew Dragon”. The two former US military pilots, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in the process of training for the flight test. Then Space-X-capsule, two astronauts for a long-duration mission to the International space station. The company said it was also managed, the first stage of the Falcon 9 safely back to earth. The Booster landed on an unmanned platform for Space-X in the Atlantic. It was the 35. Times have been, that such a maneuver had worked. For Nasa, it is important that the missiles can be re-used. In this way, the immense cost of the missions can be reduced.
The United States increasingly rely on private companies to provide the ISS provide Material and food for the crew. In December, the space freighter “Dragon” of Space-X has flown to the Outpost of humanity is about 400 kilometers above the earth. The next manned launch to the international space station for the 14. March planned. Then a Russian Soyuz rocket to bring three astronauts into space.
