Commander
Douglas Hurley
A launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket-propelled
vehicle used to carry a
payload from Earth's surface to space, usually to Earth orbit or beyond. Our
WEB-X carrier rocket is the most powerful in operation. Standing 150 metres tall,
it's quite an awe-inspiring sight on the launch pad!
Flight Engineer
Anousheh Ansari
Anousheh Ansari is an Iranian American engineer and
co-founder of Prodea Systems.
Ansari was the fourth self-funded space tourist, the first self-funded woman to
fly to the ISS, and the first Iranian in space.
Pilot
Victor Glover
Pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew
Dragon to the
International Space Station. Glover is a commander in the U.S. Navy where
he pilots an F/A-18.He was a crew member of Expedition 64, and served as a
station systems flight engineer.
Mission Specialist
Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Richard Shuttleworth is the founder and CEO of
Canonical, the company behind
the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. Shuttleworth became the first South
African to travel to space as a space tourist.