On April 23, 2021, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries the Crew Dragon from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station after launch from Launch Pad 39A.
SpaceX successfully sends four astronauts into space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed that the Crew Dragon had a close collision with a UFO on its way. The astronauts on board were told to fasten their seat belts and prepare for a “rendezvous” with it.
At 5:49 a.m. EST on Friday (April 23), the SpaceX retrievable manned “Dragon” was launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month mission. A six-month mission.
According to The Sun, the four astronauts were told they might soon collide with an unidentified flying object (UFO) while the Dragon was en route to the International Space Station.
According to the Futurism website, there was no time to take evasive measures. “The astronauts in the Endeavour capsule, the Dragon spacecraft, were told to wear pressurized suits in case of a collision.
“The NASA/SpaceX team was told by the U.S. Space Command (US Space Command) that a collision was possible.” NASA founder Kelly Humphries said, “The object being tracked was categorized as an ‘unknown (flying object).”
Humphries said that because the spacecraft was already so close to the UFO “that there was no time to calculate and execute a confident debris avoidance maneuver, the SpaceX team chose to put the crew in pressure suits out of an abundance of caution.”
Erin Dick, a spokeswoman for U.S. Space Command, told Futurism that the Pentagon notified NASA of the potential collision about seven hours after the spacecraft’s launch.
“After further analysis, the 18th Space Control Squadron quickly determined there was no ‘rendezvous’ threat, everyone on board the spacecraft was safe and the spacecraft was not in danger,” Dick said.
At one point, the UFO was only 45 kilometers (28 miles) away from the spacecraft, according to NASA spokesman Humphreys. However, there was “no real danger to the crew or the spacecraft.”
The team of four astronauts from three countries arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday (24), a day after launching from Kennedy Space Center. “The Dragon spacecraft docked automatically with the ISS 260 miles (420 kilometers) above the Indian Ocean.
The newcomers will replace four original astronauts. The four astronauts will return to Earth on Wednesday (28) in the Dragon spacecraft, ending a six-month mission.
The trip was originally scheduled to begin last Thursday (22). However, due to unfavorable weather on the rocket’s flight path, the launch mission was postponed by one day.
This is SpaceX’s third manned flight for NASA, and the first time a previously used vehicle has been used, an important part of the push to the Moon and Mars. in May 2020, Dragon was first used by SpaceX for a manned launch.
The U.S. space shuttle program was suspended in 2011, followed by nine years in which astronauts were flown to orbit on Russian rockets.
The four astronauts are expected to stay on the orbiting research platform for about six months to perform scientific experiments and maintenance before returning to Earth.
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