On the night of January 17 to 18, the Turkish astronaut Alpers Goseravja will go to the International Space Station as part of the European Mission Axiom-3.
The AXIOM-3 crew launch will be carried out on board the Falcon 9 rockets at 01:11 by Turkish time.
The event caused a great resonance among the world community.
SpaceX launch vehicle will launch the AX-3 crew on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the ISS from the 39A starting complex in the Kennedy NASA space center in Florida.
falcon 9 – a two -stage reusable launch vehicle, which makes space travel more economical.
According to SpaceX, Falcon-9 missiles made a total of 289 ups and 246 landings, rockets were launched more than one flight 221 times.
The maximum length of the Falcon 9 is 70 m, the diameter is 3.7 m, the starting mass is 550 tons.
Falcon-9 missile 70 meters long, 3.7 meters wide and a weighing of 550 kilograms is capable of delivering 22 thousand kg of beneficial cargo, over 8 thousand per geostationary orbit and 4 thousand kg to Mars.
to low near-Earth orbit.
falcon 9 consists of two steps and uses RP-1 (fuel) and liquid oxygen (oxidizing agent) as components of fuel components. The number “9” in the name indicates the number of Merlin liquid rocket engines installed at the first stage of the launch vehicle.
Upon reaching the orbit, the rocket is separated from the Dragon capsule, the Merlin space engine drives Dragon.
SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is capable of transporting up to 7 passengers near -Earth orbit and vice versa, as well as beyond. Can transport the cargo in airtight and leaky compartments.
Its length (height) – 8.1 meters, diameter – 4 meters, hermetic volume – 9.3 cubic meters.