SpaceX launched the Crew-11 on Aug. 1, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station on the record-breaking sixth flight of its Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft.

On May 30th, 2020, SpaceX and NASA made history with the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft, marking the first crewed mission from U.S. soil since the Space Shuttle era ended in 2011.

The launch takes place on a milestone date, marking 20 years since the STS-114 space shuttle mission took off from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B. The launch of Discovery on the STS-114 mission on July 26, 2005, marked the return to flight for the space shuttle after the Columbia tragedy investigation.