Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX this morning posted an imagery video depicting the astronauts' journey in space from the private space company he owns for NASA
Ready to Launch in Dragon Spacecraft // Imaging Photo: From Twitter Account elonmusk @
Elon Musk this morning released an imagery of launching astronauts into international space using a Falcon 9 missile and a Dragon spacecraft, which is set to take off for the first manned mission during 2020.
The spacecraft should allow NASA to maintain continuous contact with the space station without relying on the Russian Soyuz launch vehicle, which is now the main "space taxi" since NASA disrupted its space shuttle program.
Elon Musk's manned spacecraft was successful in launching its first trial last March, with no crew. A spacecraft is scheduled for January 11 to test the abandonment process, and then a first manned flight will be set.
Boeing, which also won the NASA tender, failed on the first pilot flight when the engines did not turn on at a time when the spacecraft was to operate independently. NASA and Boeing announced that they were still trying to understand what caused the malfunction, and it is still difficult to estimate what would be The extent of yesterday's failure on planned space flights, and whether SpaceX's dragon could fill in the blanks.
Simulation of first crewed flight of Falcon 9 / Dragon 2020 @NASA pic.twitter.com/BSDPYTcVIG
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 30, 2019
