NASA SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts participating in crew equipment interface testing at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Sept. 24, 2020. From left are pilot Victor Glover, NASA astronaut; mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut; and mission specialist Shannon Walker, NASA astronaut. The other crew member training, but not pictured, is Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, NASA astronaut. The SpaceX Crew-1 Dragon mission launched on 15th November 2020 to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the first operational crewed flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft and the first NASA-certified manned spacecraft launch from US soil since the Space Shuttle was retired in 2011. |