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FROM SPACE TO EARTH - Bob Behnken et Doug Hurley, les 2 astronautes de SpaceX s'apprêtent à revenir sur Terre ce dimanche à bord de la capsule Crew Dragon. The spacecraft and its crew … "This is the optimum viewing period as the sun reflects off the space station and contrasts against the darker sky.”Because of the planet's rotation, the ISS appears to move from west to east. Vous pouvez aussi créer vous-même celle qui correspond à votre ville. The two joined the commercial crew “cadre” of astronauts in 2015 to train on both the Crew Dragon and Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner vehicles, providing inputs from an astronaut’s perspective for both companies.“This is a great time in America to be able to do this again,” Hurley said in comments May 20 when he and Behnken arrived at KSC for the launch, calling the development of commercial crew vehicles a “marathon” by NASA and SpaceX. La capsule Crew Dragon au sommet de la fusée Falcon-9, sur son pas de tir à Cap Canaveral, le 24 mai. After docking, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will remain on the station for up to four months to assist the one NASA astronaut currently on the station, Chris Cassidy, while the next Crew Dragon is prepared for a launch now scheduled for no earlier than Aug. 30.The spacecraft, which Behnken and Hurley said in a brief downlink a few hours after the launch had been named the “Capsule Endeavour,” in part after the shuttle which both had previously flown on, is working well. “It’s been 18 years working towards this goal. In 2014, Boeing and SpaceX won Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contracts to complete development and testing of their commercial crew vehicles and for initial flights to the ISS. Crew Dragon, transportant Robert Behnken et Douglas Hurley, a touché la surface de l’eau à 14h48 (20h48 heure de Paris). Crew Dragon de SpaceX, avec ses parachutes déployés, lors de son premier test en vol sans équipage. “We need to bring them home safely.” It’s hard to believe that’s happened.”“This has been a long time coming,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said in post-launch remarks on NASA TV. That flight was a success, but a little more than a month after the Demo-1 spacecraft splashed down, it was destroyed during a static-fire test of the SuperDraco thrusters in its launch abort system.That accident pushed back an in-flight abort test of the spacecraft, where the capsule separated from a Falcon 9 rocket in flight, to January. Ainsi a pris fin son vol de qualification habité vers la Station spatiale internationale (ISS). S i la météo est bonne et … Dragon astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are riding a Tesla Model X to launch pad 39A, where they will strap into the Crew Dragon spacecraft for … The ISS will pass slightly higher in the sky a few minutes earlierIf you want to see the ISS or the Crew Dragon on its journey, check the website The website also gives sighting times for your specific location.It will take Behnken and Douglas Hurley 19 hours to reach the space station, where they will join the three other residents - Nasa's Chris Cassidy and Russia's Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner.The mission, named Demo-2, has made Elon Musk's SpaceX the first private company to send humans into space.After the launch, people across the globe had a chance to view the incredible event.He tweeted: "You can see the @Space-Station pass over the UK tonight, 22:10 BST. Image: NASA « Ramener un vaisseau spatial à la maison, c’est vraiment un gros problème », a déclaré Benji Reed, directeur de la gestion des missions de l’équipage chez SpaceX, lors d’une conférence de presse sur l’atterrissage. Vous sélectionnez ensuite la date du 27 mai. WASHINGTON — The first crewed orbital launch from the United States in nearly nine years took place May 30, placing a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with two NASA astronauts on board into orbit, bound for the International Space Station.A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 3:22 p.m. Eastern. Il sâagira du deuxième passage dans le ciel, mais le premier sera invisible car le soleil ne sera pas couché.Ce même site permet dâafficher la trajectoire de la capsule projetée au sol.