China News Service, October 29. According to ABC reports, NASA and SpaceX are planning to carry out their first commercial manned space mission on November 14 and send 4 astronauts to space. .
Data map: On August 2, local time, the Space Exploration Technology Company "Dragon" spacecraft was about to splash and land in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida in the southeastern United States to complete the first manned test flight.
In order to evaluate the engine problems of the "Falcon 9" rocket, this task was postponed slightly.
At a press conference on the 28th, NASA and SpaceX executives stated that the problem has been resolved.
In this mission, 4 astronauts will be sent to the International Space Station, including NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and the space agency of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Member Noguchi Satoshi.
As the commander of this mission, Hopkins spent 166 days in space and completed many space walks.
Before joining NASA, Hopkins served as a flight test engineer in the Air Force.
Glover will fly for the first time in space. He is the pilot and deputy commander of this mission.
Glover was selected as an astronaut in 2013. He was a naval pilot.
Walker is a female astronaut who has worked in space for nearly 4,000 hours.
These astronauts will stay on the International Space Station for six months to conduct scientific experiments and help maintain the multi-billion-dollar orbital laboratory.
According to reports, the astronauts are now with their families and will be strictly isolated from October 31.
In early August this year, NASA completed its first commercial manned flight test mission (Demo-2).
Two American astronauts took SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA on May 30. They stayed on the space station for 64 days and successfully followed the “Dragon” spacecraft on August 2. Return to Earth and fall into the Gulf of Mexico near Florida.