China News Service, November 9th. According to the Associated Press, NASA and SpaceX are planning to perform their first commercial manned space mission on November 14.

On November 8, local time, four astronauts had arrived at the Kennedy Space Center.

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.

　　According to the report, for NASA, this marks the beginning of the regular rotation of astronauts stationed on the International Space Station, and private companies provide shuttle services.

　　The three NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and the astronaut Noguchi Satoshi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are expected to board the "Dragon" on the evening of the 14th local time. The spacecraft lifted off, provided that tropical storm ETA would not interfere with the launch mission.

They will stay on the International Space Station for 6 months.

　　Considering all the challenges of 2020: the new crown virus and social isolation, protests against racial inequality, etc., the astronauts named their "Dragon" spacecraft capsule "Resilience" (resilience, resilience).

They have been quarantined for a week or two and have taken safety precautions-wearing masks and maintaining social distance.

　　Benji Reid, SpaceX’s manned mission leader, said that the company expects to launch 7 "Dragon" spacecraft in the next 14 months, of which 3 are for manned flights and 4 are for cargo transportation.

　　At the same time, another NASA partner, Boeing, is not expected to conduct its first manned flight until the summer of 2021.

The company plans to conduct a second unmanned test flight within a few months. For the first time, a software problem occurred in the space capsule during the test flight, which caused the "Interplanetary Aircraft" spacecraft to fail to connect with the International Space Station.

　　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.