Did you see the Dragon Crew launch on May 30?
It was the first time in eleven years that American astronauts launched into space on American soil. However, the take-off and joining with the International Space Station (ISS) was only the first part of the mission. SpaceX can’t say their capsule worked perfectly until the two astronauts make it back to Earth alive. This will hopefully happen today.
Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley left the ISS on August 1 and are to splashdown off the coast of Florida around 2:48 p.m. EDT. You can watch it live here. If all goes well, many more astronauts will go into space in the years to come.
I have an app that shows how many people are in space at any moment. For years, that number has never been higher than six. I would love to see that change; SpaceX might be one answer.
Time will tell.