18 April 2020
SpaceX announces date of its first crewed flight to ISS
... Demo-2 Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley participating in their Demo-2 spacesuits. Demo-2 is the final major milestone for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational crew...
31 March 2021
Inspiration4 names final crew members for world’s first all-civilian mission to space
... in microgravity, zero gravity, and other forms of stress testing. The crew will receive emergency preparedness training, spacesuit and spacecraft ingress and egress exercises, as well as partial- and full-mission simulations. The mission is being...
08 December 2021
Japanese billionaire heads to the ISS for a 12 day stay
.... Maezawa's family and friends -- some holding Japanese flags -- waved him off as he was driven to get his spacesuit fitted. "Dream come true," the tycoon tweeted on Wednesday morning. Fellow billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos...
