Yaniv Avital 13:34
Digestive
After a journey of about 20 hours, Eitan Steve from space talks for the first time, and presents the object he took with him for launch. The Dragon spacecraft will soon be moored at the space station
In a short time, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft (passenger capsule) will dock at the International Space Station after a journey of about 20 hours. The launch yesterday, it will be recalled, was successful and began with the launch of SpaceX’s recycled Falcon 9 missile, which brought the second phase and the spacecraft on it into the atmosphere. Then, the launcher parted and returned for a perfect landing on top of the autonomous landing rig that awaited it in the ocean. After the separation of the second stage, the Dragon passenger capsule continued on a cruise orbit around the Earth until reaching the space station.
Meanwhile, on the first broadcast from space, Steva says in Hebrew that he got used to the micro-gravity conditions and even introduced his granddaughter’s octopus doll that he took with him on a journey. The puppet, like another puppet on the spacecraft, is one of the passengers’ indicators of reaching 0 gravity conditions. The Dragon spacecraft is sailing at a speed of about 28,000 km / h and at an altitude of 420 km above the earth – similar to the International Space Station.
Soon, Steve and his travel companions will put on their space suits again, and after a long and complex docking process, the pressure conditions between the spacecraft and the module at the space station will be equalized, the door will open and private passengers can move to it for a 10-day stay full of dozens of scientific experiments.
The docking process is complex
To understand the complexity of connecting 2 aircraft that move at such high speeds and need to reach an accuracy of a few centimeters, prepare a special simulator in SpaceX that allows you to experience the slow and complex docking process, which requires a high level of accuracy and patience. Lots of patience. If you succeeded, congratulations, now you only need $ 55 million – and you too can be a space traveler aboard the International Space Station.
