![]() It transported SpaceX’s second operational mission (Crew-2) to the Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Behnken and Hurley are veterans who named the spacecraft after the Space Shuttle Endeavour, aboard which they first flew into space during the STS-127 and STS-123 missions, respectively.Įndeavour conducted a second crewed flight on April 23, 2021. ![]() ![]() Endeavour returned from the ISS on August 2nd, 2020. SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission certified that Crew Dragon is a safe mode of transport for astronauts. NASA depended on Russian rockets to ferry astronauts to and from the ISS for roughly a decade since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011. It first launched NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on, during the Demo-2 mission that marked the return of human spaceflight capabilities to the United States on American-made spacecraft. As of November 2021, Endeavour has completed two crewed missions to the orbiting laboratory. The company is ready to launch a couple of crewed missions this year, starting with the Axiom AX-1 mission by the end of March and NASA’s fourth operational mission (Crew-4) in April.Ĭrew Dragon Endeavour (identified as capsule C206) is the spacecraft that launched SpaceX’s first crewed spaceflight, it will now transport the first Axiom crew to the Space Station. To date, SpaceX has conducted a total of five crewed missions with reusable Crew Dragon vehicles. EDT atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They are scheduled to lift off on Wednesday, March 30 at 2:46 p.m. Axiom's AX-1 mission will launch former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría, who will serve as Ax-1 mission commander entrepreneur Larry Connor, investor/philanthropist Mark Pathy and former Israeli Air Force pilot Eytan Stibbe. SpaceX will launch the first all-private crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for Axiom, a space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas. Harmony module with the International Docking Adapter on top./Source: NASA Featured Image: JSpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour (center right), the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-9 resupply ship (center bottom) and Europe's Columbus laboratory module figure prominently in this photograph taken during a spacewalk conducted by astronauts Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy.
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