SpaceX Sends 4 Astronauts to International Space Station
The Dragon spacecraft owned by SpaceX, successfully launched with a Falcon-9 rocket carrying 4 astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
SpaceX, the space transportation company owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, sent 4 astronauts to the ISS as part of the Crew-10 mission.
The Falcon-9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft with astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi, and Kirill Peskov was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 02:04 Turkish time.
About 8 minutes after the launch, the Falcon-9 rocket’s first stage booster with reusable capability landed at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
As part of the Crew-10 mission, the 4 astronauts sent to the ISS will replace NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded at the ISS for approximately 9 months due to a malfunction in the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, and they will conduct a series of valuable scientific research during their time at the ISS. The Crew-10 mission, set to begin last Thursday, was postponed at the last minute due to a technical glitch.
