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Despite the pandemic putting several space missions to a halt this year, one particular mission will still continue. NASA and Elon Musk’s space agency SpaceX is currently preparing for the first-ever astronaut launch in a private spacecraft from the home turf in the United States.
Express reports that NASA, in partnership with SpaceX, will finally launch two astronauts; Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into space using a privately-owned spacecraft. The two agencies have set a date of May 27th and the launch will take place at the Kennedy Space Center, specifically at the Launch Complex 39A. This will be the first time in a decade that astronauts will be taking off from US soil and towards the International Space Station.
This launch is also a first for another reason as this will be the first mission under NASA’s Commercial Crew program. The agencies hope that this launch will bring back American launch capabilities through the home turf through private partnerships such as SpaceX and Boeing, which has also designed its own launch vehicles.
The inaugural launch, also known as Demo-2, although still under a test program, will see Benhken and Hurley visit the ISS for an “extended stay” but how long they will be there exactly has yet to be disclosed. This will also finally validate every component of the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon launch system.
It is only after this inaugural trip will SpaceX Crew Dragon be able to regularly transport astronauts from American soil to the ISS.
Meanwhile, not many agencies are looking to explore what lies in Venus due to its extreme temperatures. However, a Russian scientist spotted something unusual on the neighboring planet. Scientist Leonid Ksanformaliti claims that photos taken by the Soviet satellites almost 40 years ago during the Cold War found that there is proof of life on Venus.
This was told in the documentary NASA’s Unexplained Files back in 2019. The Soviet space probe apparently snapped photos of something moving on the planet’s surface. “In the Cold War era, the Soviets kept the findings of the probe a closely-guarded secret, it takes three decades before a Russian scientist Leonid Ksanformaliti, reveals astonishing images from the archives.”
In one photo shown, the Venera-13 landing probe is parked on the rocky Venusian terrain, and inches from it was an object shaped like a crab, which would be seen in other places in the other images. “Let’s boldly suggest that the object’s morphological features would allow us to suggest they are living,” said Dr. Ksanformaliti.
