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Astronauts Bob Benken and Doug Hurley were invited to SpaceX headquarters to try on new space equipment, which will be used by them for the flight on the ship Crew Dragon
Launch of SpaceX’s private reusable spacecraft to the ISS planned no earlier than 2020. Currently active preparation for this historic event.
The next step in the implementation of Demo-2 will be working on a simulator Crew Dragon. Invited astronauts first tried on new spacesuits about which there is little information so far, except for external kind of.
Astronauts tested lodgment seats and worked certain procedures for a future start. This training conducted on the basis of SpaceX (State of California), under the supervision of scientists NASA
The planned Demo-2 mission was supposed to start in July 2019 years, but due to technical problems during ground tests Crew Dragon put it off. Now the launch of the spacecraft is planned for 2020. SpaceX rocket launch on ISS with launch LC-39A sites in Florida.
ESOREITER previously reported that soon in space will be tested electric rocket engine (ERE), using iodine as fuel.
Andrey Vetrov
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