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it house news on september 29, according to cctv news, the dragon spacecraft of the us space exploration technology company (spacex) was successfully launched from florida on september 28, local time, carrying american and russian astronauts to the international space station.

according to nasa's live broadcast, the "dragon" spacecraft was launched from cana, florida by a "falcon 9" rocket at 13:17 eastern time on the 28th (it home note: 1:17 beijing time on the 29th). launched from cape villarreal space force base. after launch, the spacecraft and rocket separated smoothly and continued tointernational space stationgo ahead. the first stage of the rocket also successfully landed and recovered at the launch site. according to the plan,the spacecraft will dock with the international space station at 17:30 eastern time on the 29th (5:30 beijing time on the 30th)。

this mission, code-named "crew-9", is the ninth time that the manned dragon spacecraft has performed an astronaut rotation mission to the international space station. astronauts on this mission include nick haig of the united states and alexander gorbunov of russia. according to nasa, the two astronauts will conduct more than 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations on the space station, including research on blood coagulation, the impact of humidity on plant growth in the space environment, and changes in astronauts' vision.

according to the plan, the dragon spacecraft will return to earth in february next year. at that time, in addition to the two astronauts carrying this mission,it will also bring back two american astronauts who were stranded on the space station due to a failure of boeing's "starliner" spacecraft.. normally, the dragon spacecraft carries four astronauts into space at a time, but saturday's launch mission only has two astronauts, and the two extra positions are prepared for the two astronauts stranded on the space station. .

the dragon spacecraft is the first manned spacecraft built by a private company in the united states to transport astronauts to and from the space station. it is also the first manned spacecraft certified by nasa since the retirement of the u.s. space shuttle to regularly transport astronauts to and from the space station.