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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) July 17, 2020
The two US astronauts who reached the International Space Station (ISS) on board the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade will leave for Earth on August 1, NASA's chief said Friday. "Splashdown is targeted for Aug. 2. Weather will drive the actual date. Stay tuned," tweeted the US space agency's administrator Jim Bridenstine. Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley took off from Florida aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule on May 30, becoming the first astronauts to hitch a ride to the ISS on board a commercial spaceship, which is under contract with NASA. It was the first time a crewed spaceship was launched from the United States since 2011 when the space shuttle program was ended. Between then and this mission, American astronauts traveled exclusively on Russian rockets. Eventually, Dragon will regularly bring four astronauts to the ISS at a time, from NASA and partner space agencies in Canada, Japan, Europe and potentially Russia. This will be the first time the SpaceX capsule will make the journey to Earth with astronauts, having successfully completed an uncrewed test run last year. It will splash down in the Atlantic, like the Apollo capsules did in the 1960s and 1970s.
NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts perform habitability test of Crew Dragon capsule Washington (Sputnik) Jul 09, 2020 NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who piloted the Crew Dragon, International Space Station Commander Chris Cassidy, and Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin performed the one-hour habitability test of the SpaceX Crew Dragon, NASA said in a press release. "The crew will arrange the cabin to suit the four-space residents and report their comfort levels to engineers on the ground", the release said on Wednesday. The test aimed at assessing the Crew Dragon's habitability ahead of the Spa ... read more
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