Prepare to launch the first private spacecraft to ISS

SpaceX, California-based private rocket manufacturing company, announced on August 15 that it will conduct a test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) in late October, according to AFP.

SpaceX is preparing for the next flight, the mission to mark the private space transport system can deliver goods to ISS, SpaceX said in a statement.

The Dragon was put into orbit by Falcon 9 boosters on February 8, 2010, from Cape Canaveral Air Base (Florida, USA), becoming the first private spacecraft to orbit.

This will be the second space flight of the private Dragon spacecraft after a historic flight last December with Falcon 9 boosters, helping SpaceX win $ 75 million for this success.

SpaceX said that the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) has set the Dragon to take off on October 30 and the arrival of the spacecraft at ISS will open "a new era in traveling. pillar ".

It is known that after the 30-year shuttle program ended on July 21 with the return of the Atlantis ship, NASA is urgently preparing for the construction of a new spacecraft in cooperation with the public. Private company, including SpaceX.

The new generation US spacecraft is expected to be launched in 2015. During this time, the United States must rely on the Russian Soyuz fleet to bring astronauts to the station. The cost of each US astronaut's seat on the Soyuz board is up to $ 51 million