The first private space capsule Crew Dragon flew in space from Cape Canaveral and onboard, together with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley there is virtually Andrea Avaldi. Thanks to the engineer, Alumnus of the Politecnico di Milano, there have been made a lot of special features of the new capsule, built in Los Angeles by the Company SpaceX founded by Elon Musk, creator of Tesla.
He had been made responsible to design of the structures of the capsule, which were designed to resist to the stress of the Spaceship Falcon 9 on which the astronauts are travelling, and which has been launched at the speed of 27 thousand Kilometers per hour. Once in orbit, the capsule has detached from the spaceship and reached the International Space Station, to which it latched.
This challenge is the last of the many activities that Andrea Avaldi has realised but the one he desired the most. Since he graduated (read more about it here), he begin to explore more possibilities creating a company with the engineer friend Fabio Bressan where he designed structures for competing speed boats and thanks to his design they almost were suspended on waves. He has designed the futuristic hull of Luna Rossa and of the swedish boats Artemis partecipating in three competion of the American Cup
The Politecnico di Milano has already recognized his creative projects by giving him in 2012 the Alumni Polimi Award - Innovation
