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Nasa, SpaceX will begin the commercial crew rotation missions to low Earth orbit as Crew-1 with four astronauts lift off later this month

Months after the Edeavour splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico with two astronauts completing the Demo Mission to and from the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX is all set to commence commercial crew rotation missions to low Earth orbit with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). 

The Crew-1 mission will launch on November 15. 

Nasa’s SpaceX Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission with four astronauts flying on a commercial spacecraft, including a non-American astronaut. Astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will depart for the ISS in