China News Service, July 25. According to a report by the US "World Journal" on the 24th, following the first manned test flight of the "Dragon" spacecraft in May, NASA and SpaceX have planned to launch the 9 In September, the next manned space mission.
On May 31, local time, the first commercial manned flight trial of the United States successfully completed the docking of the spacecraft and the International Space Station, and two American astronauts successfully entered the space station. The picture shows the astronauts on the "Dragon" spacecraft and the space station astronauts.
NASA announced this week that the three American astronauts Glover, Hopkins, and Walker will join hands with the astronaut Noguchi Satoshi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on a mission to the International Space Station.
This mission, named "Crew-1", will be the first official flight of the "Dragon" spacecraft capsule. It will be launched from SpaceX's Florida launch site no earlier than September 14.
According to reports, the "Dragon" spacecraft was developed by SpaceX to send NASA astronauts and tourists to the International Space Station.
During the launch mission at the end of May, the "Falcon 9" rocket built by SpaceX was successfully launched, sending the "Dragon Spacecraft" carrying two American astronauts to the International Space Station. The two astronauts are expected to return to Earth from space on August 2.
Technically speaking, the May launch is a test mission. NASA has to wait until the "Dragon" spacecraft is safely brought back with two astronauts before it can be considered as the successful completion of this manned space capsule mission. At that time, the liftoff mission in September will be officially approved.