SpaceX may launch NASA astronauts into space by the first quarter of 2020 | Technology News, The Indian Express

SpaceX may launch NASA astronauts into space by the first quarter of 2020 | Technology News, The Indian Express

By Tech Desk |New Delhi |Published: October 17, 2019 5:52:53 pm

SpaceX may launch NASA astronauts into space by the first quarter of 2020

SpaceX's Crew Dragon is nearly ready now. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine feels the first quarter (January-March) of next year (2020) could be a realistic target for the Demo-2 mission by Elon Musk's firm.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited SpaceX headquarters to see the progress of Crew Dragon. (Image source: NASA)

From the early years of this decade, NASA astronauts have had to rely on Roscosmos’s Soyuz spacecraft to travel to and fro Earth’s orbit since 2011, ever since the US space agency retired its Space Shuttle program. However, now it seems that the wait for the US’ next human-spaceflight is likely to come to end.