A four-member worldwide crew is in orbit following a profitable launch to the International Space Station on Saturday, U.S. area company NASA introduced.
The launch happened at 3:27 a.m. EDT (0727GMT) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA stated in an announcement.
The company stated that NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh business crew rotation mission to the International Space Station.
Tech mogul Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Dragon spacecraft into orbit carrying one NASA astronaut together with a European Space Agency astronaut, a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut for a science expedition aboard the orbital laboratory, NASA stated.
“The crew will conduct more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations to prepare for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond,” stated NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
According to the assertion, the Dragon spacecraft-named Endurance-will dock autonomously to the space-facing port of the station at 8:39 a.m. (1239GMT) on Sunday.
The Endurance’s crew will be part of the area station’s Expedition 69 crew of NASA astronauts and Roscosmos cosmonauts, it added.
According to NASA, with the arrival of the SpaceX Crew-7, the variety of crew members on the International Space Station will rise to 11 till the departure of Crew-6 members in a number of days.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
