Spice X attempts to launch its experimental space station, the first step in the resumption of human spaceflight

Spice X is trying to send a doll to the International Space Station (ISS) Saturday to dynamically test the resumption of US manned space missions that could take place this year if all went well.

Since the return of the American space shuttle "Atlantis" on Earth on July 21, 2011, no American astronaut has been launched from the US territory for a mission in space.

US space agency NASA sends Russia to send astronauts to the ISS for $ 82 million per pilot.

In 2014, the US agency awarded contracts to Spice X and Boeing to manage the missions. But the program has experienced delays because the security requirements for controlled flights are more stringent than unmanned flights that place satellites in space. No one in the United States wants to repeat the tragedy of the US space shuttle Challenger and Colombia, which crashed into the atmosphere in 1986 and 2003 in Tualia.

Three years after the initial date, Cape Canaveral's Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to start at 2:49 (7:49 GMT), carrying a raven dragon. And should join the International Space Station a day after its launch.

The vehicle must return to Earth on April 8th. If all goes well, Radan will launch the next time in the seven-seater vehicle.

The next trip should be in July, but there may be a delay.

"These things always take longer than you think," said Lori Garver, who was NASA's second head of state, when he awarded contracts to Spice X and Boeing during the 2014 mandate. Barack Obama. Spice X has experience in flights to and from the space station.

The company, founded by Elon Mask and based in Los Angeles, has completed 15 supply and equipment transportation missions to the plant since 2012.

One of his missiles destined for the station exploded in 2015. The second model of manned Dragon missile is based on the design of a proven cruise missile.

Saturday's launch remains "a daunting task," said Hans Koenigsmann, director of Spice X.

"We are taking a very important first step and we are preparing to restore the United States' ability to send astronauts into space," said William Gerstenmeier, NASA's human prospecting and operations manager.