SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA: See details
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Space X for NASA
SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday. It's their fifth in all for NASA, plus two private crews in just under 2 years.
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2 men, 2 women
This is the first NASA crew composed equally of men and women. It includes the first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins.
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First Black woman on long-term flight
While two Black women visited the space station during the shuttle era, neither had a lengthy stay. Watkins is a geologist who is on NASA’s short list for a moon-landing mission in the years ahead.
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Two days ago
Elon Musk's company is having an especially busy few weeks: It just finished taking three businessmen to and from the space station as NASA’s first private guests.
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More accommodative capsules
SpaceX capsules are fully automated — which opens the space gates to a broader clientele — and they're designed to accommodate a wider range of body sizes. NASA and the European Space Agency have been pushing for more female astronauts.
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Boeing to try again
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.