Apr 23, 2021 11:44 EDT with 2 comments
NASA has announced that astronauts aboard the SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon are now in orbit following an early morning launch and are headed for the International Space Station (ISS). This is the second time a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft is taking astronauts to the ISS.
The rocket, which launched at 5:49 a.m. EDT on Friday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is carrying NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Their time aboard the ISS will last six months while they perform various science experiments and ISS maintenance.
SpaceX s Crew Dragon carries third set of astronauts to orbit
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SpaceX Crew-2 Mission Launches
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center on Friday morning and is enroute to the International Space Station (ISS). On board Crew Dragon capsule
Endeavour are NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet.
Endeavour is expected to dock with the station at approximately 5:10 a.m. EDT on Saturday morning.
“It has been an incredible year for NASA and our Commercial Crew Program, with three crewed launches to the space station since last May,” said NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk. “This is another important milestone for NASA, SpaceX, and our international partners at ESA and JAXA, and for the future of scientific research on board the space station.”
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WASHINGTON, April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NASA s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts are in orbit following their early morning launch bound for the International Space Station for the second commercial crew rotation mission aboard the microgravity laboratory. The international crew of astronauts lifted off at 5:49 a.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, into orbit to begin a six-month science mission on the space station.
SpaceX Crew-2 launches to set new NASA records at ISS
Chris Davies - Apr 23, 2021, 8:27am CDT
SpaceX has successfully launched NASA’s Crew-2 mission, with four astronauts headed to the International Space Station aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning, at 5:49am EDT, again demonstrating the potential of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
Spiritual successor to the Space Shuttle program, Commercial Crew is all about NASA tapping private spaceflight companies to maximize efficiency and minimize costs for ongoing missions to the ISS and beyond. Rather than finance and build its own hardware, NASA has outsourced the process to companies like SpaceX, themselves focusing on things like reusable rockets and other components.
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