SpaceX-NASA’s upcoming Crew-1 mission launch

Question 1

What are the names of SpaceX rockets certified by NASA?What can they do now?

Answer 1

• Crew Dragon ; Falcon 9

- SpaceX can now operate regular flights to the space station.

Question 2

What is the Crew-1 mission?

Answer 2

• Part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program,
• Objective of NASA’s commercial crew programme is to make access to space easier in terms of its cost, so that cargo and crew can be easily transported to and from the ISS, enabling greater scientific research.
• Crew-1 will be the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket to the ISS and is the first of the three scheduled flights scheduled over the course of 2020-2021

[PART OF COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAMME.CREW PROGRAMME TO MAKE ACCESS TO SPACE AFFORDABLE]

Question 3

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will do what?

Answer 3

will carry up to four astronauts on NASA missions, maintaining a space station crew of seven to maximize time dedicated to scientific research on the orbiting laboratory.

[CARRY ASTRONAUTS TO ISS]

Question 4

What will be done by members of Crew-1

at the ISS?

Answer 4

• conduct microgravity studies
• investigate food physiology, which will study the effects of dietary improvements on immune function and the gut microbiome and how those improvements can help crews adapt to spaceflight
• Once in orbit, astronauts will collect samples to provide data to scientists back on Earth so that they can continue to study how dietary changes affect his body.
• experiment titled, “Genes in Space-7” that aims to understand how spaceflight affects brain function.

[COLLECT SAMPLES ; BRAIN FUNCTION CHANGES ; FOOD PHYSIOLOGY STUDY ; MICROGRAVITY STUDY]