'Astronaut' dummy Ripley rides aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon bound for space station
That's the name of the space-suited dummy aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon that launched Saturday, a hat tip to Ellen Ripley, the heroine of the sci-fi movie series.SpaceX Crew Dragon, built to carry humans, launches demo flight Crew Dragon is the first commercially operated spacecraft designed to carry astronauts, and the uncrewed demonstration mission to the International Space Station is a test to make sure everything works before humans are rocketed into space in the capsule.
— Elon Musk March 1, 2019 If all goes well, SpaceX's first crewed mission, which will fly NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, could happen by July, according to NASA's most recent schedule.Crew Dragon will deliver about 400 pounds of supplies and equipment to the @Space_Station. Also on board is an anthropomorphic test device, which we call Ripley. pic.twitter.com/FuHewNb4UM
— SpaceX March 2, 2019 Such a mission would end the decadelong US reliance on Russia for human spaceflight. The US space shuttle program ended in 2011, and NASA has paid Russia about $80 million per seat to send American astronauts to space aboard Soyuz rockets. Those contracts are set to run out this year.Looking forward to meeting her in person in a couple days
— Anne McClain March 1, 2019 "Looking forward to meeting her in person in a couple days," Anne McClain, an astronaut on the International Space Station, tweeted in response to SpaceX founder Elon Musk's tweet of Ripley.
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