Marcia Dunn

AP Aerospace Writer

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SpaceX Crew 2 members, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide gather at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 16, 2021 to prepare for a mission to the International Space Station. The launch is targeted for April 22.

SpaceX to Build Lunar Lander

The craft will eventually put the first woman and person of color on the moon.

This combination of photos provided by Axiom Space in January 2021 shows, from left, Larry Connor, Michael Lopez-Alegria, Mark Pathy and Eytan Stibbe. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, Axiom announced they will be the first private space station crew, a year ahead of the planned launch.

3 Men Paying $55M Each to Fly to Space Station

The first crew will spend eight days at the space station.

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, of Japan, from left, NASA Astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins walk after arriving at Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Astronauts Arrive at Launch Site for 2nd SpaceX Crew Flight

For NASA, it marks the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations at the International Space Station.

In this image from video made available by Blue Origin, the New Shepard rocket lifts off from its launchpad in Texas, to test new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon by 2024.

NASA Moon-Landing Tech Hitches Ride to Space on Bezos Rocket

The 10-minute flight tested new technology that could help put astronauts back on the moon.

Northrup Grumman's Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at the NASA Wallops test flight facility, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Wallops Island, Va. The rocket will deliver supplies to the International Space Station.

Radish Seeds, Meats and Cheeses Launched to Space Station

Among the delicacies requested by the astronauts: proscuitto, Genoa salami, smoked Gouda and provolone.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is lifted onto the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico.

SpaceX Capsule, NASA Crew Make 1st Splashdown in 45 Years

The astronauts' ride back to Earth was fast, bumpy and hot — at least on the outside.

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SpaceX Opens Era of Amateur Astronauts, Cosmic Movie Sets

It doesn’t quite reach the fantasized heights of George Jetson and Iron Man, but still promises plenty of thrills.

ASA astronauts Robert L. Behnken, left, and Chris Cassidy right, listen as commander Douglas Hurley speaks about retrieving the American flag left behind at the International Space Station nearly a decade ago.

SpaceX Beats Boeing in Cosmic Contest

Astronauts claimed the flag left at the International Space Station by the last crew to launch from the U.S. nearly a decade ago.

NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken smile outside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building

SpaceX on Cusp of Launching Astronauts

The planned afternoon liftoff to the International Space Station will be the first launch of Americans from U.S. soil in nearly a decade.

The SpaceX Falcon 9.

Weather Might Delay SpaceX's 1st Astronaut Launch

Forecasters put the odds of acceptable launch weather at 40%.

In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 file photo, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, right, and Doug Hurley talk to the media in front of the Crew Dragon spacecraft at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. On Friday, April 17, 2020, NASA and SpaceX announced May 27 for resuming human launches from the U.S. after nearly a decade. Hurley and Behnken will blast off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, departing from the same Kennedy Space Center launch pad used by Atlantis in July 2011.

NASA, SpaceX Pick Date to Resume Launches

Astronaut launches will begin from the U.S. after nine years of complete Russian dependence.