Elon Musk’s SpaceX surpasses China’s space agency in the number of passengers sent into orbit (22 vs 20). Now #3 behind NASA (~904) and Russia (~407)

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Congratulations to SpaceX for launching 4 more space tourists into orbit using the modern 7 person Crew Dragon! This makes a total of 22 passengers! It has taken only 23 months to reach and exceed the 20 passenger mark.

Axiom Space's private Ax-1 crew (from left): pilot Larry Connor; Mark Pathy, mission specialist; López-Alegría , commander; and Eytan Stibbe, mission specialist. (Image credit: Axiom Space)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512398808537186304

Crew Dragon: 22
Total: 22

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China:
Shenzhou: 20
Total: 20

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Russia:
Vostok: 6
Voskhod: 2
Soyuz: ~399
Total : ~407

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NASA:
Mercury: 6
Gemini: 20
Apollo : 45
Space Shuttle: ~833
Total : ~904

 

[Rafi]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahabah

 

[F-22Raptor]

Congratulations to SpaceX for launching 4 more space tourists into orbit using the modern 7 person Crew Dragon! This makes a total of 22 passengers! It has taken only 23 months to reach and exceed the 20 passenger mark.

Axiom Space's private Ax-1 crew (from left): pilot Larry Connor; Mark Pathy, mission specialist; López-Alegría , commander; and Eytan Stibbe, mission specialist. (Image credit: Axiom Space)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512398808537186304

Crew Dragon: 22
Total: 22

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China:
Shenzhou: 20
Total: 20

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Russia:
Vostok: 6
Voskhod: 2
Soyuz: ~399
Total : ~407

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NASA:
Mercury: 6
Gemini: 20
Apollo : 45
Space Shuttle: ~833
Total : ~904

Congrats to SpaceX!!

 

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5th usage of this particular rocket booster

5 November 2020[53]	F9-097	N/A	GPS III SV04 Sacagawea	Success (40)	Success (OCISLY)	Landed on ASOG
17 June 2021[73]	F9-122 ♺	224 days	GPS III SV05 Neil Armstrong	Success (40)	Success (JRTI)
16 September 2021[74]	F9-126 ♺	91 days	Dragon C207 Resilience (Inspiration4)	Success (39A)	Success (JRTI)
6 January 2022	F9-135 ♺	112 days	Starlink × 49 (Group 4-5)[75]	Success (39A)	Success (ASOG)
8 April 2022	F9-147 ♺	92 days	Dragon C206 Endeavour (Axiom-1)	Success (39A)	Success (ASOG)

 

[KAL-EL]

Congrats to SpaceX

 

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Third flight of this particular Crew Dragon spaceship (they are reusable).

Crew Dragon Endeavour - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Demo-2		30 May 2020, 19:22:45	2 August 2020, 18:48:06[27]	Doug Hurley Bob Behnken	63 days	The first crewed test flight of a Crew Dragon capsule, first crewed orbital spaceflight from US soil since STS-135 in July 2011 (in which Doug Hurley was the pilot), and the first crewed orbital spaceflight by a private company. Flight extended from two weeks in order to allow the crew to bolster activity on the ISS ahead of Crew-1[1] and ended up being over two months.	Success
Crew-2		23 April 2021, 09:49:02[28]	9 November 2021, 03:33:16	Shane Kimbrough Megan McArthur Akihiko Hoshide Thomas Pesquet	199 days	Less than a week after the maiden flight of Endeavour, NASA gave approval for SpaceX to launch humans in reused Dragons on reused Falcon 9 rockets starting with Crew-2.[29][30]	Success
Axiom Mission 1	Axiom-1 Patch	8 April 2022, 15:17:11[31]	April 2022	/ Michael López-Alegría Larry Connor Mark Pathy Eytan Stibbe	10 days	First Crew Dragon flight contracted by Axiom Space. First fully private flight to the ISS, carrying Michael López-Alegría as Axiom professional astronaut,[32] Eytan Stibbe to conduct educational experiments for a 10-day trip,[33][34] Larry Connor and Mark Pathy, both heading investment companies.[32]

 

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Passengers 23, 24, 25, and 26 scheduled for ~April 23rd.

Mission delayed: NASA pushes SpaceX Crew-4 mission to April 23, astronauts remain isolated

www.republicworld.com

Mission Delayed: NASA Pushes SpaceX Crew-4 Mission To April 23, Astronauts Remain Isolated​

 

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SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of April 23 launch to ISS (photos)

The four spaceflyers are at the launch site.

www.space.com

The Crew-4 astronauts after landing in Florida on April 18, 2022. From the left: NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Kjell Lindgren, ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and NASA astronaut Robert Hines.

 

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Now #3 behind NASA (~904) and Russia (~407)​

SpaceX launches Crew-4 mission for NASA, has now sent 26 astronauts to space in under two years

SpaceX launched a group of astronauts for NASA early Wednesday morning, with Elon Musk's company now having sent 26 people to orbit in less than two years.

www.cnbc.com

4 more launched...make that 26!!!!

 

[F-22Raptor]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX surpasses China’s space agency in the number of passengers sent into orbit (26 vs 20). Now #3 behind NASA (~904) and Russia (~407)​

SpaceX launches Crew-4 mission for NASA, has now sent 26 astronauts to space in under two years

SpaceX launched a group of astronauts for NASA early Wednesday morning, with Elon Musk's company now having sent 26 people to orbit in less than two years.

www.cnbc.com

4 more launched...make that 26!!!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1519226826706497537

 

[satyamev]

Saw the launch live . Very interesting .
But i don't like this pitting one against the other in space missions.
Lets not become Chinese.

 

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Saw the launch live . Very interesting .
But i don't like this pitting one against the other in space missions.
Lets not become Chinese.

Don't worry it will soon be SpaceX vs Boeing Starliner.

Boeing prepares to launch Starliner capsule to space station in May after 2 previous attempts

Boeing’s uncrewed Starliner capsule is set to launch from Cape Canaveral in May, the company announced Thursday.

www.clickorlando.com

Likely NASA will hand Boeing a bunch of ISS launches leaving SpaceX with only tourists.

 

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[satyamev]

looking forward to the first starship launch in may 1st week.
that will be a game changer.
Mars....

 

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Space Shuttle vs Soyuz vs Crew Dragon