Meet NASA’s Commercial Crew astronauts, who will be the first humans to launch from American soil since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011!
Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, scheduled to launch in mid-2019 aboard a Starliner spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Cape Canaveral: Eric Boe (STS-126, STS-133), Chris Ferguson (STS-115, STS-126, STS-135), and Nicole Aunapu Mann (first spaceflight)
SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission, scheduled to launch in April 2019 aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center: Bob Behnken (STS-123, STS-130) and Doug Hurley (STS-127, STS-135)
Boeing’s first mission to the International Space Station aboard the CST-100 Starliner: Josh Cassada (first spaceflight) and Suni Williams (STS-116, Expedition 14/15, STS-117, Expedition 32/33)
SpaceX’s first mission to the International Space Station aboard the Crewed Dragon spacecraft: Victor Glover (first spaceflight) and Mike Hopkins (Expedition 37/38)











