For the first time in a decade: Space Agency launches research team on US SpaceX missile • Launch will take place on May 27 without audience
SpaceX flight simulator astronauts // Photo: EPA
US Space Agency NASA will launch for the first time in a decade, a team of two US astronauts to the International Space Station with an American and non-Russian rocket. The launch will take place on May 27 from the Canadian Space Center in Florida, with both the missile and the spacecraft designed by private space SpaceX Entrepreneur and billionaire Oak Musk.
So far, since 2011, NASA has used Russian missiles to launch astronauts into the space station, after its last manned space shuttle returned to Earth that year. In fact, the upcoming launch will be the first time the US Space Agency will use private company development, and this will be the time The first in history that anyone responsible for launching astronauts would not be a political factor but a business factor.
SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, designed both the Falcon 9 rocket and the spacecraft and space vehicle. The historic takeoff will be from the same place from which the various American Apollo missions went.
The two crew members will take 24 hours to reach the International Space Station, which currently houses two Russian cosmonauts and one US astronaut performing international research missions. Given that even in the United States, the Corona virus is rampant, the current launch will take place without a crowd of spectators to prevent the public from becoming en masse to watch NASA launches from the facility.
The two US researchers were former military pilot pilots and already have extensive experience in space missions at the International Space Station. According to NASA's announcement, the two are expected to spend at least 110 days in space when their mission may be lengthened according to various research needs.
It should also be noted that the US Space Agency has suspended many parts of its operations because of the Corona, but space launches, in which crews are in deep isolation long in advance, will continue as usual in the current period.
