Published 17:06 IST, June 1st 2020

Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin on Elon Musk's trampoline taunt: 'I loved his joke'

Dmitry Rogozin took to his Twitter handle on May 31 to congratulate NASA and SpaceX for the successful launch and docking of the spacecraft to the ISS.

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Russian chief Dmitry Rogozin got back at X CEO Elon Musk's jab, who jokingly said in post-launch press conference that trampoline is working, referring to former's jibe at United States a few years ago. As per reports, Rogozin h once said that Washington may soon be forced to deliver its astronauts to International Station (ISS) using a trampoline. 

After successful launch of Crew Dragon, Elon Musk said trampoline is working and ded, 'it's an inside joke." NASA ministrator Jim Bridenstine, who was sitting next to Elon Musk at time laughed. 

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Dmitry Rogozin took to his Twitter handle on May 31 to congratulate NASA and X for successful launch and docking of craft to ISS. Dmitry also got back at Elon Musk saying he loved his joke and is looking forward to furr cooperation. Elon Musk was quick to respond to senior Russian official's Tweet as he wrote cyrillic script  "Thanks sir, haha. We look forward to mutually beneficial and prosperous long-term cooperation."

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Crew Dragon launch

X created history after it became first private company in world to successfully send humans into . X’s Falcon 9 launched Crew Dragon’s second demonstration (Demo-2) mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Center in Florida on May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT. test flight with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley on board Dragon craft returned human flight to United States after nine long years. Crew Dragon on May 31 successfully docked at International Station (ISS) at 10:16 a.m. local time, a few minutes earlier than planned. 

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17:06 IST, June 1st 2020