China News Agency, San Francisco, October 5th. SpaceX's manned "Dragon" spacecraft was launched in Florida on the 5th Eastern Time, sending four astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia to the International Space Station .
The live broadcast of NASA showed that at 12:00 on the 5th, the "Falcon 9" rocket carrying the "Dragon" spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The spacecraft will arrive at the International Space Station at 16:57 on the 6th and automatically dock with it.
At that time, NASA will broadcast the docking process live.
In this mission code-named "Crew-5", the four people who took the "Dragon" spacecraft to the International Space Station were NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Kasada, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Aerospace Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kina.
NASA said on its official website that the number of astronauts on the International Space Station will increase to 11 after the arrival of the four astronauts on the "Crew-5" mission.
In a few days, the four astronauts on the "Crew-4" mission will return to Earth.
The four astronauts on the Crew-5 mission will work on the International Space Station for six months, NASA said.
During the period, they will conduct scientific research in cardiovascular health, bioprinting, and fluid movement in microgravity.
According to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, the Crew-5 mission will complete more than 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations.
The "Dragon" spacecraft is the first manned spacecraft built by a private company in the United States to transport astronauts to and from the space station. The launch on the 5th is the sixth time that the spacecraft has transported astronauts for NASA.
In addition, the "Dragon" spacecraft also sent two civilian crews into space.
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