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SpaceX rocket: successful launch! First manned routine flight on the way to the ISS - mission already a success

2020-11-16T14:05:54.656Z


Elon Musk's space company SpaceX is back, NASA is “extremely proud” - Biden and Trump congratulate them on the first routine flight of a SpaceX rocket.


Elon Musk's space company SpaceX is back, NASA is “extremely proud” - Biden and Trump congratulate them on the first routine flight of a SpaceX rocket.

  • The US company

    SpaceX

    of Tesla founder Elon Musk * sends a

    manned rocket

    into

    space

    .

  • At the end of May, SpaceX successfully sent

    two US astronauts

    on a

    two-month mission

    to the

    ISS

    for

    the first time

    .

  • ´Now the first routine flight of a

    Falcon 9 rocket

    with the “

    Crew Dragon” capsule

    started on Sunday evening (November 15th) local time

    .

  • With this mission, a new space shuttle era begins in the USA.

Update from November 16, 9:19 am:

According to NASA's schedule, the

SpaceX capsule "Crew Dragon Resilience" is to

dock

 with the International

Space Station ISS

on Monday at 11 am

.

German time that would be on Tuesday around 5 a.m.

SpaceX rocket: successful launch!

First manned routine flight en route to the ISS

Update from November 16, 4:01 a.m.:

On Sunday evening local time, Elon Musk's vision into space started one day late.

The passenger spaceship

“Crew Dragon”

was

heaved towards the ISS

by the powerful “

Falcon 9”

rocket.

The launch took place from the legendary Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Everything went well, announced NASA on Monday night (CET).

The flight of the capsule "Crew Dragon" should take a little more than 27 hours.

It is only the second launch of a manned

SpaceX rocket by

the entrepreneur

Elon Musk

- and the first manned private

routine flight

into

space

.

Resilience rises.

🚀



The Crew-1 mission has lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from @NASAKennedy at 7:27 pm ET and is en route to the @Space_Station.

#LaunchAmerica pic.twitter.com/5Q3uXSLvqt

- NASA (@NASA) November 16, 2020

SpaceX rocket en route to the ISS - mission already a success

On board the "Crew Dragon" are three NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker as well as the Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who are to stay on the space station for six months.

The mission is already a

success

for SpaceX

.

After the launch, the

Falcon 9

launch vehicle

landed on a floating platform in the sea as planned.

The automated landing allows the missile to be reused in large parts and a lot of money to be saved.

The “

Crew Dragon

” will

reach

the

ISS

in around

23 hours

.

Joe Biden

congratulated shortly after the start.

The start is a testimony to the "power of science" and what "we can achieve if we use our innovative strength, our ingenuity and our determination."

Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX on today's launch.

It's a testament to the power of science and what we can accomplish by harnessing our innovation, ingenuity, and determination.

I join all Americans and the people of Japan in wishing the astronauts Godspeed on their journey.

- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 16, 2020

Later on,

US President Donald Trump

also tweeted

, but not without praising himself.

When he was elected four years ago, NASA was quite a mess, but now it is again the "hottest" space center in the world.

A great launch!

@NASA was a closed up disaster when we took over.

Now it is again the “hottest”, most advanced, space center in the world, by far!

https://t.co/CDCGdO74Yb

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16, 2020

Update from November 15th, 10:45 pm

: About two and a half hours until the planned start of the "

Crew Dragon

" after it was

postponed

due to the

weather conditions

.

The

Wirtschaftswoche

has previously spoken with Hans König man who for the safety of

SpaceX missions

is responsible.

"Our test flight at the end of May went very well, we learned a lot from it," the newspaper quoted him as saying.

But this time some things are different: “Instead of two

astronauts

, four travel - we need twice as much oxygen, twice as much food and drink.

And we have to dissipate twice as much heat. "

In addition, the

spaceship will

not only

stay in

space

for a few weeks, but six months.

"In a few weeks we are planning another flight with an unmanned

capsule

so that two

dragons can

dock with the ISS at the

same time

- one at the front and one at the top," adds Königsmann.

How successful the astronauts' journey into space was will be shown around eight hours after the

"Dragon Crew" has taken off

.

Then the capsule should dock.

SpaceX rocket: "Crew Dragon" will take off on Monday night

Update from November 15, 2:16 p.m

.: The countdown is

on

: The flight of the “

Crew Dragon

is scheduled to take off from the Cape Canaveral spaceport in the US state of Florida

early Monday morning (at 1:27 p.m. CET).

The spaceship “Crew Dragon” will then take off with a “

Falcon 9

” rocket towards the ISS.

On board is "

Crew-1

" - the first crew to be officially flown to the ISS by the "Crew Dragon".

In the spring, the first manned test with the US company

SpaceX

by

Tesla founder Elon Musk was

successful.

"Crew-1" includes NASA astronauts

Michael Hopkins

,

Victor Glover

and

Shannon Walker

as well as the Japanese astronaut

Soichi Noguchi

.

The four astronauts are expected to stay on board the ISS space station for six months.

🚀 We're sending four astronauts to the @Space_Station on a US rocket from US soil at 7:27 pm ET on Sunday, Nov. 15.



Here's how you can watch our #LaunchAmerica coverage: https://t.co/PTHOoEbLO0 pic .twitter.com / V2MNT2aWCQ

- NASA (@NASA) November 14, 2020

SpaceX: NASA postpones launch of "Crew Dragon"

Update from November 14th, 9:53 a.m

.: The

weather

is

thwarting

space explorers: The launch of a

manned SpaceX rocket

to the International Space Station

ISS

planned for this Saturday

(see original message) is

delayed due to

strong winds

, said

the US space agency

Nasa

with.

The rocket is now scheduled to start on Sunday evening

(Monday, 1:27 a.m. CET)

from the Kennedy Space Center.

There

will be three NASA astronauts and one Japanese

on board the

"Crew Dragon"

capsule

.

Six months after its historic flight to the ISS, the

US company SpaceX

from Tesla founder

Elon Musk

*

wants

to send a manned rocket into space for the first time on a six-month routine mission.

On Saturday, Musk tweeted a photo of the rocket with the caption "soon":

Soon pic.twitter.com/mWOpR7W8kk

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020

SpaceX rocket takes off for the ISS on Saturday - this time four astronauts are on board

Original notification from November 13th

: Cape Canaveral - Six months after its historic flight to the International Space

Station

, the US company

SpaceX

from

Tesla founder Elon Musk is

officially

sending

a manned rocket into space for the first time on a six-month routine mission.

The capsule "Crew Dragon" will take off on Saturday evening (local time) from the spaceport Kennedy Space Center in the direction of the ISS, announced the US space agency NASA.

The three NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker as well as the Japanese Soichi Noguchi will be on board.

NASA declared the Crew Dragon capsule safe on Tuesday.

"I am extremely proud to say that we are returning to a regular manned space flight with an American rocket and an American spaceship that takes off from American soil," said NASA chief

Jim Bridenstine

.

In the NASA press release, Bridenstine speaks of a milestone and an incredible achievement by

NASA

and

SpaceX

.

The “Crew Dragon” capsule as well as the Falcon 9 rocket and the associated ground systems are therefore the first new spacecraft system that has been

certified by NASA for regular flights with astronauts

since the

space shuttle

almost 40 years ago.

+

Cape Canaveral: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule is rolled into Launch Complex 39A.

© Joel Kowsky / NASA / dpa

SpaceX mission to the ISS - NASA confirms launch of "Crew Dragon" capsule

The mission is scheduled to start on Saturday at

7.49 p.m. local time

(Sunday 01.49 p.m. CET).

Eight hours later, the spaceship should reach its destination.

The four astronauts will then stay on the

ISS

for six months

.

SpaceX's director of manned space flights, Benji Reed, said Tuesday his company would organize a total of seven manned or cargo missions for NASA over the next 15 months.

From December onwards there will be a "constant presence of SpaceX 'Dragons' in orbit".

LIVE: Join mission managers for the latest update on NASA's @SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the @Space_Station.

Today's Flight Readiness Review has officially concluded, and we are go to #LaunchAmerica on Nov. 14.



Listen in ➡️ https://t.co/f1K1MFXFRn pic.twitter.com/atnSy2FxOY

- NASA (@NASA) November 10, 2020

Mission SpaceX - New space era dawns in the USA

In the past few years,

US astronauts have

relied on Russian rockets to get to the

ISS

.

The

NASA

had its space shuttle program due to high costs and after

two accidents

set nine years ago.

The last mission of the space shuttle “Atlantis” ended on July 21, 2011. Since then, Russia has brought US astronauts into space for around 80 million euros per flight.

NASA space shuttles

  • Atlantis

  • Endeavor

  • Discovery

  • Challenger - crashed - Shortly after takeoff on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle exploded.

    All seven crew members were killed.

  • Columbia - accident - The space shuttle broke apart on February 1, 2003 during its 28th space mission (mission STS-107) when re-entering the earth's atmosphere.

    All seven crew members were killed.

SpaceX takes off for the ISS - will the company become the market leader in the USA?

In order to regain independence from

Russia

, the US government under Donald Trump's predecessor Barack Obama commissioned

SpaceX

and the aviation giant Boeing to build space shuttles.

The “Starliner” capsule from Boeing is still in the test phase and, as expected, will not be ready before next year.

+

SpaceX Crew: NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins speaks to the media ahead of his mission to the ISS.

© Joel KOWSKY / NASA / AFP

For

SpaceX

, the space flight, which

starts

on Saturday, is therefore also an opportunity to position itself as the US market leader in space travel.

At the end of May 2020, the company successfully sent two US astronauts on a two-month mission to the

ISS

for

the first time

.

SpaceX: Historic moment - mission into space to the ISS successful

On May 31, 2020, a US spacecraft docked with the international space station for the first time in nine years.

Millions of people followed the rocket launch live on TV or on the Internet until it docked on the ISS.

During the live recordings from the SpaceX space capsule "Dragon2", a dinosaur flew through the picture.

After two months, the astronauts returned safely to Earth (August 2nd).

Musk celebrated the successful mission as the new era of space flight and space exploration.

(AFP, ml)

* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network

Source: merkur

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