That trip, however, was still considered a " demonstration " mission and was flown bytwo veteran NASA astronauts and and former military test pilots. What is Crew Dragon? Already, a Houston-based company called Axiom is planning a mission with four private citizens aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon. Soichi NoguchiNoguchi, 55, will be the first astronaut from Japan's JAXA space agency, a longtime NASA ally, to ride aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon. But the primary goal of that trip was to collect data about how the Crew Dragon performs.

Source: CNN November 13, 2020 12:45 UTC