"Thank You For Flying SpaceX Crew Dragon!"

"Thank You For Flying SpaceX Crew Dragon!"

On May 30, 2020, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its historic first human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station. This mission restored and expanded human spaceflight capability to the United States after the last space shuttle flight (STS-135) in July 2011.

SpaceX has now launched 10 human spaceflight missions in three years, carrying 38 astronauts from all around the world to orbit for NASA, Inspiration4, and Axiom Space, with many more flights in the future on the manifest.

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft was developed and tested to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station from U.S. soil.

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is facilitating the development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability with the goal of achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit. The public-private partnerships fostered by the program will stimulate growth in a robust commercial space industry and spark life-changing innovations for future generations.

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at:

https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: May 31, 2023

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