US "Crew Dragon" Return to Earth to resume operation of manned spacecraft 10:55 on August 3
An American spacecraft "Crew Dragon" carrying an astronaut safely returned to Earth on the 3rd of Japan time. This will officially resume the operation of the US manned spacecraft, which had been suspended since the retirement of the Space Shuttle.
The spacecraft "Crew Dragon" developed by the American private company Space X was launched in May with two astronauts on board, and then docked at the International Space Station, making it the first private company to become the International Space Station. We succeeded in sending an astronaut to.
The two astronauts stayed for about two months, and once again, the two crewmen landed on the 3rd of Japan time at 3:48 am, landing on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.
U.S. manned space flight will officially resume operation of U.S. manned spacecraft after 9 years since the space shuttle retired, due to the launch of this final test and the successful return to Earth. Become.
President Trump posted on Twitter that he was "very excited" about the safe return of the spacecraft.
NASA and Space X are scheduled to launch the "Crew Dragon", which will be used by four Japanese astronauts, Soichi Noguchi, as the first operational unit from the end of next month.
In the United States, a manned spacecraft "Starliner" developed by major aircraft "Boeing" is scheduled to do a test flight in the middle of this, and it is expected that the space flight by private companies will be in full swing in the future.