the head of the company SpaceX Elon Musk said that the launch of a new spacecraft Crew Dragon — success for humanity. He created people who can be proud of the achievement, noted Musk.
on Saturday, the Crew Dragon after a successful launch from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral, delivered into orbit astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken, writes TASS.
“I myself getting overwhelmed with emotion. We now must safely return astronauts to Earth, and make it so that this is repeated again and again”, — said the head of SpaceX at a briefing at the space flight Center.
Musk added that with optimism looks at prospects of returning humans to the moon in a few years, and mankind made the first step towards a manned flight to Mars.
“We will become an interplanetary civilization. This path will require a huge effort in the field of innovation and technology,” said Musk.
the Launch Crew Dragon for the first time in nine years manned flight of the American spaceship. Scheduled for may 31, the docking of an American spacecraft to the ISS.
