SpaceX has launched a new crew on the ISS

NASA and ESA astronauts were sent to the station.

SpaceX successfully launches manned spacecraft into orbit Crew Dragon with the new crew of the International Space Station. The docking of the spacecraft from the ISS will take place at 3:00 on April 28 Kyiv time, according to the company's Twitter page.

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using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on a floating platform in the ocean.

NASA astronauts Chelle Lindgren, Robert Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as the European Space Agency's representative, Italianofo Samantha K, will arrive at the station. They are expected to stay in orbit for about six months.

Recall that in early April, SpaceX launched the first private crew on the ISS as part of a mission organized by Axiom Space . The astronauts spent more than two weeks at the station, although their mission was originally scheduled for 10 days.

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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