SpaceX launches first all-private citizen mission to orbit

Will Smoot

September 16, 2021

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SpaceX
September 16, 2021
Will Smoot

Four private astronauts depart from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon, will spend three days in orbit around Earth.

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SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule stand tall atop Launch Complex 39A, ahead of Friday's planned liftoff to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Michael Howard / We Report Space

SpaceX Stands Ready to Launch Crew-2

SpaceX NASA
April 22, 2021
Michael Howard

Previously-flown Falcon 9, Crew Dragon prepare to launch four astronauts to orbit.

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A mockup Crew Dragon at Kennedy Space Center is lit up in red, white and blue prior to the launch of SpaceX's first operational crew rotation mission. Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Arrive at Space Station

NASA
November 17, 2020
Bill Jelen

SpaceX's first operational, crew rotation mission arrives at the International Space Station on Monday, November 16, 2020.

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The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Behnken and Hurley Splash Down Safely Near Pensacola

Commercial Crew
August 2, 2020
Bill Jelen

With a water landing in the Gulf of Mexico, SpaceX and NASA complete the first Commercial Crew mission to the International Space Station.

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SpaceX's Crew Dragon Pad Abort Test (2015) shows the Dragon spacecraft gently floating back to Earth with parachutes deployed. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

Despite Hurricane Isaias NASA Planning on Crew Dragon Splashdown for Sunday August 2

Commercial Crew
July 31, 2020
Bill Jelen

NASA prepares for the return of Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley from the International Space Station.

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