SpaceX Resilience Return
After a very colorful week in the aerospace industry, including the launch of the core module of the Tianhe space station, the second test flight of Stratolaunch Roc, and the ever-longer test flight distance of the Wit, the SpaceX Crew-1 mission went smoothly. Return to the voyage to end. The Crew-1 mission was launched to the International Space Station in mid-November last year. It was the first “official mission” of the SpaceX Crew Dragon manned capsule.After the relay Crew-2 mission arrived last weekend, it took more than a week for the two groups of astronauts to handover. After that, the four Crew-1 astronauts boarded the space capsule named Resilience.Local time yesterday afternoon (Eastern US is early in the morning), and landed on the sea off Florida.
This mission was the first time since Apollo 8 in 1968 that the space capsule returned at night. At the same time, Resilience also stayed in space for 168 days, a new record for the US manned spacecraft. This not only shows that since the Space Shuttle retired in 2011, the United States, which has been relying on Russia for launch services, has restored the autonomy of manned people into orbit, it is also a great recognition for the field of commercial rockets.
The members of Crew-2 will also be about the same as Crew-1, staying on the space station for nearly 6 months, and handing over members of the Crew-3 mission that is expected to be launched at the end of October. However, before that, what should be expected is the OFT-2 mission of Starliner “re-examination”. After several postponements, it is currently tentatively scheduled to be carried out in August or September; and the first service provided by SpaceX The completely civilian manned mission Inspiration4 is expected to be launched in mid-September, using the Crew-2 Resilience capsule. The next six months will only be more lively!