NASA allow a private company to launch a test flight of the international station
(Reuters) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administration (NASA) that a private company will test flight to the International Space Station in February, a key step in a new U.S. program to operate space flights on a commercial basis.The company plans Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), which is headquartered in California to launch a rocket Falcon 9 carrying the Dragon spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in the seventh of February.
The task will be the second Falcon 9 flights and vehicle Dragon after the first flight in December last year.
Said Administrator William Gerstnmayr in National Aeronautics and Space Administration "SpaceX has made amazing progress in recent months in preparing Dragon for its mission to the space station."
He said in a statement, "We look forward to a successful mission will open a new era of commercial freight for this lab International Circle."
Since the spacecraft fleet is to retire in the summer the United States relies on partner countries such as Russia to ferry supplies and crews to the ISS.
To encourage commercial shipping hired (NASA) SpaceX and another company which Orbital ساينسيس Corp. for the transfer of international shipments of the station, a project costing $ 100 billion and involving 16 countries and is located at a distance of 286 kilometers from the earth.
The test flight will allow SpaceX launched and conducted a similar experience Orbital in the next year to restore the United States to reach port again for the plant is expected to remain operational until 2020 at least.
The contract the two companies is estimated at $ 1.6 billion and $ 1.9 billion respectively.
The ISS mobile laboratory orbiting the earth in which scientific experiments take place also boasts astronomical device platforms Alpha Majnatic Spktromitr.
(Reuters) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administration (NASA) that a private company will test flight to the International Space Station in February, a key step in a new U.S. program to operate space flights on a commercial basis.The company plans Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), which is headquartered in California to launch a rocket Falcon 9 carrying the Dragon spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in the seventh of February.
The task will be the second Falcon 9 flights and vehicle Dragon after the first flight in December last year.
Said Administrator William Gerstnmayr in National Aeronautics and Space Administration "SpaceX has made amazing progress in recent months in preparing Dragon for its mission to the space station."
He said in a statement, "We look forward to a successful mission will open a new era of commercial freight for this lab International Circle."
Since the spacecraft fleet is to retire in the summer the United States relies on partner countries such as Russia to ferry supplies and crews to the ISS.
To encourage commercial shipping hired (NASA) SpaceX and another company which Orbital ساينسيس Corp. for the transfer of international shipments of the station, a project costing $ 100 billion and involving 16 countries and is located at a distance of 286 kilometers from the earth.
The test flight will allow SpaceX launched and conducted a similar experience Orbital in the next year to restore the United States to reach port again for the plant is expected to remain operational until 2020 at least.
The contract the two companies is estimated at $ 1.6 billion and $ 1.9 billion respectively.
The ISS mobile laboratory orbiting the earth in which scientific experiments take place also boasts astronomical device platforms Alpha Majnatic Spktromitr.
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