SpaceX rocket created history, took off with private astronauts

Cape Canaveral. The SpaceX rocket left for the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. It will reach the space station on Saturday after completing a flight of about 20 hours. All are private astronauts in this journey. This mission has got the support of NASA. SpaceX used to send satellites into space with the help of rockets till now. He has created history by sending astronauts for the first time. The Aegion Space-1 mission was launched at 11:17 am from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. It has been described as the beginning of commercial space travel.

According to the webcast of the incident, the SpaceX launch vehicle, which is 25 storeys tall, was shown in the live video. It also includes a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, with a Crew Dragon capsule on top. Cameras inside the crew compartment showed footage of all four passengers in the cabin moments before the rocket headed for space. He was seen sitting comfortably in a flight suit. Mission Exim, carrying passengers to the space station, has been sent in a partnership between SpaceX and NASA. So far, the governments of different countries have been working to send astronauts. Private companies were not made a part of such missions. Now NASA’s partnership with SpaceX and Exiom begins commercial space missions
If all goes according to plan, the four will reach the space station on Saturday, led by retired NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria. Apart from Michael, the crew of the SpaceX Dragon includes American tech businessman Larry Connor, Canadian businessman Mark Pethy and Israel’s Eytan Stibbb. All of them have been given training related to space travel and the Falcon 9 rocket carrying them was also first tested. Many countries, including the US and Russia, operate the International Space Station (ISS) together. This is a laboratory built in space, where astronauts going from Earth live and do many types of experiments.