Spatial mission
The Crew Dragon Capsule of SpaceX stowed at the ISS
Four astronauts moved to the international space station on Saturday for a stay of about six months.
Launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon vessel for the CREW-11 mission to Cape Canaveral.
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And crew Of four people, including a Russian, aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, moored on Saturday at the international space station (ISS), where they will stay for about six months.
“The mooring has been confirmed,” posted SpaceX On social networks, accompanied by a video showing contact with the ISS at 8:27 am (in Switzerland), far above the southeast of the Pacific Ocean.
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The American astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, the Japanese Kimiya Yui and the Cosmonaut of Roscosmos Oleg Platonov took off on Friday morning from the Kennedy space center in Florida, their capsule being mounted on a Falcon 9 rocket.
The eleventh rotation mission
This is the eleventh crew rotation mission to the ISS within the framework of the NASA Crew commercial program, created to succeed the era of the space shuttle by associating with private industry.
“We have cold drinks, hot food and we are waiting for you. See you soon, ”said the ISS crew to newcomers shortly after contact, depending on the video online.
“Hello the space station, Crew-11 is here and we are very happy to join you,” replied Mike Fincke.
During its six-month mission, CREW-11 will simulate aluning scenarios that could occur near the Lunar South Pole within the framework of the Artemis program led by the United States to return to the Moon.
Armenian fruits and grenades on board
They will also test the effects of gravity on the ability of astronauts to pilot spacecrafts, including future lunar landing.
In constantly inhabited since 2000, the flying laboratory that is the ISS serves as an essential test bench for research on space exploration, in particular concerning any missions to Mars.
CREW-11 also holds on the edge of the fruit, armenia grenades, which will be compared to a control batch that remained on earth in order to study the influence of microgravity on cultures growth.
Model of international cooperation bringing together Europe, Japan, the United States and Russia, the ISS began to be assembled in 1998. Its retirement was scheduled for 2024, but NASA estimated that it could operate until 2030.
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