The reusable spacecraft Crew Dragon-2, owned by SpaceX, launched from
The separation of the first and second stages was successful. The first stage landed 541 km from the launch site in the ocean. Note that she landed in the middle of the platform.
The shutdown of the second stage engines took place without problems.
The Crew Dragon-2 spacecraft successfully entered Earth orbit. According to tradition, until this moment the astronauts were not shown on air.
Tomorrow, a day after the launch, the first automatic docking to the ISS will take place.
Crew Dragon-2 will deliver American astronauts Robert Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur, Frenchman Tom Pesce and Japanese Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station.
Earlier it was reported that NASA had problems sending the spacecraft into orbit.
Falcon 9 is a family of disposable and partiallyreusable heavy-class launch vehicles of the Falcon series of the American company SpaceX. The Falcon 9 consists of two stages and uses RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellants.
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