ISS to reach NASA-SpaceX's first space mission with four passengers

New delhi date. Monday 16 November 2020

Alan Musk's rocket company SpaceX and the US space agency NASA reached a new destination in the space world on Sunday. However, NASA has sent four passengers to the International Space Station in a Falcon 9 spacecraft built by Tesla in collaboration with SpaceX.

This is NASA's first private spacecraft mission. In which the help of private spacecraft has been taken to send astronauts to ISS. The astronauts involved in the crew Dragon Resilience team have been sent to the ISS by this spacecraft.

The four astronauts include US Air Force colonel and astronaut Mike Hopkins, physicist Shannon Walker, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, as well as naval commander and astronaut Victor Glover. The Falcon 9 was sent to the ISS via spacecraft.

Musk was not present during takeoff due to Corona

The families of the astronauts were present at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the launch of the mission. The family prayed for the safety of the astronauts at the launch and waved goodbye to them, saying Chief Executive Officer Alan Musk was not present during the Corona epidemic. However, Gwen Shotwell, chairman of SpaceX, was present during the takeoff with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein.

The crew's name is Capsule Resilience

So far in 2020, the crew has been named Capsule Resilience in view of the global challenge. During takeoff, a large number of Cape Canaveral residents arrived near the Space Center to view the mission.

Now the flight will start for the ISS

According to a series of tweets by NASA before takeoff, the astronauts did all the testing and the spacecraft was checked before takeoff. A second rocket, the Falcon 9, has been used for SpaceX's first regular space flight. This has been developed and manufactured by SpaceX.

NASA Administrator Jim Brydenstein told reporters that the mission meant an operational flight for the ISS could now begin. "The history that is being made this time around is what we call the operational flight to the International Space Station," he said.