Feelings like in the scene of the film Apollo 13. How was the departure and flight of the ship Muskova on the ISS – Diary N

In front of you are numerous flashing buttons and hand indicators. Tightly fastened, a helmet on his head and his index finger in a white glove are about to press a red button that will launch you vertically into space.

You arrive at the International Space Station (ISS), the flames go out and you move from one car to another. Such a simple thing. I was probably not the only one who, as a child, imagined launching a rocket in a similar way.

Today I know it was a misunderstanding. In this article, we will explain how a flight into space actually takes place and what precedes it on launch day.

SpaceX’s first commercial mission to the ISS began on November 16, when the Dragon 2 spacecraft was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is the second manned SpaceX space flight and the first sharp mission.

The docking on the ISS took place on November 17 at five in the morning of our time. The four-member crew moved safely to the space station.

But what happened before and immediately after the departure?

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Since the start of the Apollo project in the mid-1960s, astronauts have lived in a hostel about a 15-minute drive from the launch site a few days before the mission began.

Here the latest details of the flight and mission are detected and the health of the crew members is checked.