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Peruvian at NASA joins efforts for SpaceX's first manned flight mission

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09:02 | Greenbelt (U.S.), May. 30.

Peruvian engineer Rosa Avalos-Warren, mission manager of the manned space flight communications and tracking network at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center plays an important role in SpaceX's mission for the first manned flight, which will be will become a reality today.

"Thousands of people have contributed to the launch of NASA and SpaceX. Among them is Rosa Avalos-Warren," NASA said in a Spanish statement posted on Instagram.

SpaceX hopes to make history by transporting two astronauts into space after the launch delay, which had been originally scheduled for May 27.

"Today is a day that will go down in history books. We will launch astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011. In addition to that, astronauts will fly aboard a commercially-owned and operated spaceship for the first time. As a mission manager, I provide real-time flight operations support for SpaceX's manned spacecraft Dragon and the International Space Station," the Peruvian engineer revealed.

The Human Space Flight Communications and Tracking Network provides comprehensive communications services for human exploration missions, including enabling communications between Dragon and the NASA Space Network.

"As part of my role, I manage and oversee concepts of operations, system requirements, pre-mission integration, post-mission operations and evaluations. This mission of returning manned launches to the United States is the completion of years of arduous work of my colleagues and me," she stated.

The Peruvian engineer also said it is a new start for NASA as this is the first step in commercial space transportation.

"I will support the launch from the Network Integration Center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. There, I will work with my colleagues at Goddard's White Sands Complex and others at the agency to provide voice and data communications from, as well as towards the crew and spacecraft throughout the mission cycle, from launch to landing," she added.

The launch has been rescheduled for May 30 at 3:22 p.m. (EST) from Kennedy Space Center's Launchpad 39A in Florida.

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Publicado: 30/5/2020