SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires
While two Black women visited the space station during the shuttle era, neither moved in for a lengthy stay. Watkins, a geologist who is on NASA’s shortlist for a moon-landing mission in the years ahead, sees her mission as “an important milestone, I think, both for the agency and for the country."
Like Watkins, NASA astronaut and test pilot Bob Hines is making his first spaceflight. It's the second visit for the European Space Agency’s lone female astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, a former Italian Air Force fighter pilot, and NASA's Kjell Lindgren, a physician. The just-completed private flight was NASA's first dip into space tourism after years of opposition. The space agency said the three people who paid $55 million each to visit the space station blended in while doing experiments and educational outreach. They were accompanied by a former NASA astronaut employed by Houston-based Axiom Space, which arranged the flight.
NASA also hired Boeing to ferry astronauts after retiring the shuttles. The company will take another shot next month at getting an empty crew capsule to the space station, after software and other problems fouled a 2019 test flight and prevented a redo last summer.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA after private flightSpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires
Read more »
SpaceX, NASA launches 4 astronauts to International Space StationSpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday.
Read more »
Meet the astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-4 mission for NASACrew-4 consists of three NASA astronauts and one European spaceflyer.
Read more »
SpaceX set to launch space station's next astronaut crew for NASAElon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was due to launch the next long-duration astronaut crew to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA early on Wednesday, including a medical doctor turned spacewalker and a geologist specializing in Martian landslides.
Read more »
SpaceX commercial crew returns to Earth with Atlantic Ocean splashdownThe successful all-private visit to the International Space Station paves the way for future flights.
Read more »