13 November 2020
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission gets ready for launch tomorrow
... astronauts,” said Kathy Lueders, associate administrator for NASA’s Human Exploration and Operation Mission Directorate. Crew-1 is SpaceX’s second crewed trip to the ISS - the first being its Demo-2 mission back in May. Aptly named for...
29 July 2020
NASA announces astronauts to fly on SpaceX Crew-2 mission to ISS
...) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet will join as mission specialists. Crew-2 is targeted to launch in spring 2021, following the successful completion of both NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 test flight mission...
01 April 2020
JAXA and NASA astronauts announced for first operational Crew Dragon flight
...) for six months. Meanwhile, NASA announced it has assigned astronaut Shannon Walker to the first operational crewed flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Walker will join NASA astronauts Michael...
18 April 2020
SpaceX announces date of its first crewed flight to ISS
... a fully integrated test of critical crew flight hardware on the Demo-2 Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Bob ...human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational crew missions to and from the International Space Station. Once ...
17 November 2020
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts arrive at the ISS
...hatches open about 1:10 am EST Tuesday, 17 Nov, the Crew-1 astronauts will join Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins of NASA...Exploration and Operations Kathy Lueders joining to greet the crew from the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson ...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... astronauts going on the next flight of our capsule." Providing that the launch proceeds as scheduled on Saturday, then Crew Dragon will be on target to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday around 6 a.m. EST (11:00 GMT). Although...
