China News Service, October 15th. According to a report by the US Chinese website, at 10:45 am local time on the 14th, a Soyuz rocket was launched from the Russian space launch site in Kazakhstan and flew to the International Space Station.
And this is the last time the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) paid for American astronauts to board the Russian Space Agency's aircraft.
Data map: On August 1, local time, the first manned trial of NASA's Commercial Crew Aviation Program (CPP) began the final phase of the mission-returning to Earth.
The picture shows the "Dragon" spacecraft separated from the International Space Station.
According to reports, the "Soyuz" MS-17 manned spacecraft launched on the 14th will carry Russian astronauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, as well as American astronauts. Rubin (Kathleen Rubin), it took about 3 hours to reach the International Space Station.
In a few weeks, NASA will begin to use SpaceX "Dragon" spacecraft to send astronauts to the International Space Station.
The agency hopes to finally allow Russian astronauts to board the "Dragon" spacecraft, but it is unclear when.
A spokesperson for the Russian Space Agency said that there is no clear plan for Russian astronauts to fly in American aircraft.
Stephen Koerner, director of flight operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, said it would take at least a year to make such an exchange.
The "Dragon" spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30 on the "Falcon 9" rocket of the Space Exploration Technology Company to send astronauts to the International Space Station.
This is the first time a spacecraft built and operated by a private American company transports American astronauts to and from the space station from the United States.
On August 2, the "Dragon" spacecraft returned to Earth and completed the first manned test flight mission.