After the successful security test last month, the US space company SpaceX is preparing its crew Dragon’s first manned flight to the International Space Station (ISS). It should be ready in about three months.
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The start is scheduled for May 7, 2020, reported Eric Berger, a journalist for the US online magazine Ars Technica via Twitter. However, the date has not yet been saved. by virtue of “a set of variables in hardware” the start can move forward or backward. The duration of the flight has not yet been determined. Berger didn’t say where he got the information from.
SpaceX boss Elon Musk had at the end of December announcedthat the Crew Dragon is expected to be ready for flight this month at Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida. However, any security checks that would need to be done beforehand could take several months.
SpaceX was successful in January tested the Crew Dragon emergency system, It brings the space shuttle to safety with the astronauts if the missile fails after launch. The test was the conditionthat SpaceX flies to the ISS with astronauts on board.
The Crew Dragon was in March last year flown to the ISS for the first time, but without crew on board. The first manned flight will have two astronauts on board, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. The U.S. Space Agency National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) had it already selected in 2018,
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