Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to launch humans for NASA. Here’s everything you need to know about the historic mission:
Kyle Montgomery, CC BY-SA 4.0They will be part of the ISS crew, just like astronauts on any Soyuz launch. They will live and work on the space station with the other astronauts for the duration of their mission.That isn’t clear yet. The spacecraft will stay for at least one month, but it could stay for up to four months. The precise time will depend on how the spacecraft handles being in space, and how the next mission to the ISS progresses.That would be the Crew-1 mission.
The spacecraft will use four parachute to slow its descent, eventually splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean where it and its astronauts will be recovered.Why is this mission such a big deal? It’s the culmination of a decade of funding from NASA in an effort to commercialize the transport of astronauts to low Earth orbit . SpaceX is one of two companies, the other being Boeing, that has been funded in this Commercial Crew Development programme.
It will also return orbital launches to the U.S. since the final Space Shuttle flight, Atlantis, back in July 2011. Since then NASA has been paying Russia for trips to space on its Soyuz spacecraft, at a recent cost ofSpaceX was given $2.6 billion, and Boeing $4.2 billion for its Starliner spacecraft. However, the cost-savings for NASA compared to developing their own comparable spacecraft and rocket is estimated to be in the tens of billions.
SpaceX is under contract with NASA to take astronauts to and from the ISS on multiple missions. However, Crew Dragon can seat seven people. Thus, SpaceX plans to let space tourists pay for seats as well.
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