SpaceX successfully launched the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft into orbit with the new crew of the International Space Station. The docking of the spacecraft with the ISS will take place at 3:00 on April 28, Kyiv time, according to the company's Twitter page..

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The launch was made using a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.. The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on a floating platform in the ocean.

NASA astronauts Chell Lindgren, Robert Hynes and Jessica Watkins will arrive at the station, as well as the representative of the European Space Agency, Italian Samantha Cristoforetti.. They are expected to stay in orbit for about six months..

Crew-4 on orbit pic. twitter. com/pNlRTTdSYE.

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 27, 2022.

Recall that in early April, SpaceX launched the first private crew to the ISS as part of a mission organized by Axiom Space.. The astronauts spent more than two weeks on the station, despite the fact that their mission was originally designed for 10 days..