Crew Dragon with astronauts successfully docked with the ISS (Video)
The manned spacecraft Crew Dragon with two astronauts on board successfully docked with the ISS in fully automatic mode. After stabilization of pressure and temperature in the docking station, as well as various checks, the hatches of the ship and station will be opened and the crew will transfer to the station. The flight and docking was broadcast on the SpaceX YouTube channel.
Crew Dragon is a manned spacecraft developed by SpaceX to transport astronauts to the ISS under a contract with NASA. He is able to transport four crew members and spend more than 200 days at the station. Also, SpaceX, starting with the CRS-21 mission, which will begin in October 2020, will use a cargo version of the device that can transport up to six tons of cargo in airtight and non-airtight compartments. The device has 16 Draco engines for maneuvering during the mission and another 8 SuperDraco engines used by the crew emergency rescue system.
In 2019, the company conducted a Crew Dragon demo flight, during which the device successfully docked to the ISS, and then returned to Earth. On May 30, 2020, SpaceX first launched the Crew Dragon with astronauts on board. The launch was successful and 12 minutes after the launch, the ship separated from the second stage of the rocket. The flight to the ISS on Crew Dragon takes about 19 hours. On May 31, at 11:45, the ship woke up the crew in the person of Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken with Black Sabbath's Planet Caravan, and the astronauts began to prepare for the docking.
After several maneuvers of rapprochement, Crew Dragon proceeded to the final stages: first he stabilized his position relative to the station and stopped exactly opposite the IDA-2 docking station of the American Harmony module at a distance of 220 meters. After checking the main systems, the ship began moving to the last critical point at a distance of 20 meters from the docking station. After that, Crew Dragon began the final rapprochement and soon the docking adapters of the station and the ship came into contact.
After soft contact, the ship and the station rigidly fixed parts of the docking station. Then the crew on both sides began checking the performance in the node and initiated the air supply to it. Opening hatches will occur in about one and a half to two hours. The crew will spend at the station from two to four months, depending on the decision of NASA.
At the end of the year, the second American private manned spacecraft Boeing CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to leave for the ISS. However, before that, he will have to conduct a second unmanned flight due to an unsuccessful first attempt.
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Crew Dragon is a manned spacecraft developed by SpaceX to transport astronauts to the ISS under a contract with NASA. He is able to transport four crew members and spend more than 200 days at the station. Also, SpaceX, starting with the CRS-21 mission, which will begin in October 2020, will use a cargo version of the device that can transport up to six tons of cargo in airtight and non-airtight compartments. The device has 16 Draco engines for maneuvering during the mission and another 8 SuperDraco engines used by the crew emergency rescue system.
In 2019, the company conducted a Crew Dragon demo flight, during which the device successfully docked to the ISS, and then returned to Earth. On May 30, 2020, SpaceX first launched the Crew Dragon with astronauts on board. The launch was successful and 12 minutes after the launch, the ship separated from the second stage of the rocket. The flight to the ISS on Crew Dragon takes about 19 hours. On May 31, at 11:45, the ship woke up the crew in the person of Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken with Black Sabbath's Planet Caravan, and the astronauts began to prepare for the docking.
After several maneuvers of rapprochement, Crew Dragon proceeded to the final stages: first he stabilized his position relative to the station and stopped exactly opposite the IDA-2 docking station of the American Harmony module at a distance of 220 meters. After checking the main systems, the ship began moving to the last critical point at a distance of 20 meters from the docking station. After that, Crew Dragon began the final rapprochement and soon the docking adapters of the station and the ship came into contact.
After soft contact, the ship and the station rigidly fixed parts of the docking station. Then the crew on both sides began checking the performance in the node and initiated the air supply to it. Opening hatches will occur in about one and a half to two hours. The crew will spend at the station from two to four months, depending on the decision of NASA.
At the end of the year, the second American private manned spacecraft Boeing CST-100 Starliner is scheduled to leave for the ISS. However, before that, he will have to conduct a second unmanned flight due to an unsuccessful first attempt.
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