Four astronauts have embarked on the International Space Station (ISS) after embarking on the historic historic SpaceX mission.

This is NASA’s first full-fledged mission since sending the buyer into orbit on a privately owned spacecraft and taking the SpaceX Dragon Capsule astronaut into space for the second time. The test aircraft in May this year.

The crew, which consisted of three US NASA astronauts and one Japanese astronaut, picked up from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2.2pm local time after weather conditions initially cast doubt on the launch.

This is the second time in nearly a decade that a manned spacecraft has left the United States since the retirement of the shuttle program in 2011.

SpaceX NASA will now conduct a tour of the ISS, Acting as taxi service At the station.

The Crutches will take about 2 hours to reach ISK and they will spend about five to six months in Earth orbit.

With an impressive feat in engineering, the Dragon Capsule crew members have to fly to the ISS entirely on their own without the need to control it – unless they need to.

It was from Florida and after thunderstorms across North Carolina, the ship then tracked across the North Atlantic on its way to orbit.

Once the dragon reached its proper height, its first stage booster, known as the Falcon 9, detached and successfully landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean called Just Read the Instructions.

On the ship, crew leader Mike Hopkins said it was “a hack of the ride” shortly after takeoff, adding: “There was a lot of laughter.”

Mr. Hopkins is joined by physicist Shannon Walker and Navy Commander Victor Glover, who will be the first black astronaut to spend a long time on board the ISS.

Commander Glover will also make his first trip to the ISS, as others have done before calling the station home.

Sochi Noguchi of Japan was on the board and is the third person in history to orbit three different types of spacecraft.

When they arrive at the ISS, they will meet with NASA’s Kate Rubin and Russian astronauts Sergei Ryzikov and Sergei Kud-Servakov as it is GMT around 4am on Tuesday.

Dragon Crew 2020 named the elasticity of their craft as a compliment to the challenges they presented.

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Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who runs SpaceX, has previously revealed He has “probably” Covid-19Although he had the report Mixed test results Last week.

After the launch, he just tweeted a love heart tweet

He had previously tweeted: “Today astronaut launches!”, Despite mild coronavirus symptoms, he felt “quite normal”.

President Donald Trump praised the inauguration with a “great” tweet. He said NASA was “a close-up disaster when we took charge” but “now it’s again the ‘hottest’, the world’s most advanced, space center, so far!” “

Vice President Mike Pence was at the launch off the east coast of Florida on behalf of the president.

President-elect Joe Biden also tweeted: “Congratulations to NASA and SpaceX for today’s inauguration.

“This is a testament to the power of science and what we can achieve by harnessing our innovation, skills and determination. I join all Americans and Japanese people in wishing Godspeed the best of luck on their journey.”