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Today at 23:33 Moscow time should take place first test flight to the International space station (ISS) manned spacecraft, the company Elon musk SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts test Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken on Board. The Americans themselves did not send their astronauts into space since 2011, when it was closed the Space Shuttle program. On start-up intends to present US President Donald trump. However, testing may still be hampered by the weather.In the US, talking about opening a “new era” in the history of space exploration. The first astronauts to the ISS should deliver the spacecraft private American company SpaceX Elon musk. This will be the first launch of manned spacecraft from the United States after 2011, when the Americans refused from the operation of reusable Space Shuttle vehicles. In the past nine years, their astronauts delivered to the ISS the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. In one place the National aeronautic and space USA (NASA) in the current year must pay Roskosmos $90 million (mid 2000-ies a seat on the Shuttle cost $22 million).The international space station is a project involving 14 countries. Maintenance costs make up $6-6. 5 billion a year. According to NASA, USA annually in the operation of the station of about $3-4 billion and the Remaining amount accounted for by the EU, Russia and Japan.The first unmanned test flight to the ISS Crew Dragon made in March 2019. In addition to SpaceX, NASA has signed a contract for the development of manned spacecraft with the Boeing Corporation, however, its Cockpit is not yet ready to fly with the crew.The station will send a Crew Dragon booster Falcon-9. It should start from launch complex 39A of the spaceport Kennedy in Florida, where in 1969, the spaceship Apollo 11 to the moon went Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. Joining a new ship with the ISS is scheduled for may 28. It is assumed that the astronauts spend on the station for three months. Their mission is named Demo-2.The head of the Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin in a recent interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda, wished his colleagues good luck: “We would be very happy to have an alternative manned transportation system from the Americans. This is a natural process — such a great powerful country as the United States, represent that they had all these nine years, without the ability on their ships to deliver astronauts to the ISS… we Wish them success in professional plan”.Cargo ships SpaceX sends to the ISS since 2012. It was originally planned that the first manned launch will take place in 2017, but the schedule could not be fully maintained.In connection with the pandemic coronavirus infection NASA astronaut 53-year-old Douglas Hurley and 49-year-old Robert Behnken’s departure for two weeks put on Karantin. Both until 2011, twice flew on a reusable Space Shuttle vehicles.Donald trump announced that he would personally attend the launch. The US authorities consider it as an important step on the way to “return humanity to the moon” and the conquest of Mars. Recall, the new US program to explore the moon, which is in 2019, announced by NASA, is called Artemis (“Artemis”). Implementation planned for the current year. In 2024, the U.S. hopes to land on the moon Land of the astronauts (it is emphasized that the composition of the lunar crew first enters a woman). A permanent presence on the moon, Americans would like to install to 2028. The mid-2030 years, NASA plans the first landing of astronauts on Mars.In connection with the pandemic COVID-19 NASA appealed to the citizens urging them to observe the cosmic Crew Dragon launch on the Internet, but on Tuesday the district of the spaceport at Cape Canaveral in Florida began to gather wishing to see for myself.He called it good news, because a day earlier, the figure was 60%, but guarantees to give was not only assured that to start everything is ready. Spare days start appointed on 30 and 31 may, however, in NASA do not exclude that by this time weather conditions will only worsen.If all goes well, then to go to the ISS with the Crew Dragon in the future will be able and astronauts from other countries, including Russia. On commercial terms, of course.Elena Chernenko