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TEHRAN, Mar 02 - NASA and SpaceX counted down the hours Friday to the launch of a new astronaut capsule on a week-long trip to the International Space Station and back -- a key step towards resuming manned space flights from US after an eight-year break.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - This time around, the only occupant on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule will be a dummy named Ripley.
But if the test goes smoothly, NASA plans to put two astronauts aboard by the end of the year.
The new capsule will blast off aboard a rocket built by SpaceX -- run by billionaire Elon Musk - at 2:49 am Saturday (0749 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
It is scheduled to reach the ISS by Sunday, with a return to Earth next Friday.
Source: AFP
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