• Trump in Cape Canaveral marks the relaunch of the US race in Space
  • Once the Crew Dragon has started, the US returns to space
  • United States: SpaceX Falcon 9 launched in Cape Canaveral, Florida

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May 31, 2020 The Dragon spacecraft of Elom Musk's Space X company has docked at the International Space Station. In the aftermath of the historic take-off of the carrier that brought it into orbit. The two astronauts - Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken - have initiated the safety and control procedures on decompression.

The Falcon9 rocket of the private company SpaceX, founded by the magnate Elon Musk, started at 21.22 yesterday, Italian time. On board the Crew Dragon capsule with Nasa astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley. It is the first time that NASA has relied on a private company to bring its astronauts into orbit. Falcon9 started from Cape Canaveral, Florida: it hadn't happened since 2011, the year in which the Space Shuttle program ended.

This historic mission changes towards human space flights. Hurley and Behnken have to their credit the experience of two Shuttle flights each and it is expected that they will remain on the Iss until the last days of next August, thus becoming part of the Expedition 63. The launch, postponed in recent days due to the bad weather, occurred from ramp 39 / A. The American President, Donald Trump also assisted

The Crew Dragon spacecraft reached the International Space Station, 450 kilometers from Earth, with the mission called Demo-2 after about 20 hours. On board the ISS, the two NASA veterans found the American Chris Cassidy and the Russians Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner.

Proud NASA chief administrator Jim Bridenstine said: "For the first time in nine years we have launched American astronauts an American rocket from American soil." "We made history, a new era begins."



"This is a test flight. From the next mission there will be four, but we will have seven seats, today two have left. I guess it will cost about ten million to board. They are going towards the International Space Station, they will remain about a month and then they will come back, "said Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli to 'Waiting for the words' on Rai3.

Saccoccia (ASI): thanks also to Italy
"A historic day for the United States which after 9 years has returned to having autonomous access for astronauts to the International Space Station with the launch of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission, thanks to the public partnership -private between NASA and SpaceX. A significant step that marks the beginning of a new commercial era for human space flights ", these are the first words of the President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Giorgio Saccoccia, after leaving Cape Canaveral's first private crewed flight on board to the International Space Station. "There is also Italy's contribution to this launch, thanks to the support provided by the base of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) Broglio Space Center (BSC) of Malindi in Kenya, which is part of the tracking stations that have followed the Crew Dragon's flight to the Space Station - Saccoccia announces - A special thanks to all the staff of ASI, who guaranteed the opening and operation of the base during this Covid emergency period. congratulations to NASA, our historical partner for more than 50 years, for this new milestone! ".