Naming their SpaceX flight Capsule, known to everyone as “Capsule 206“, as “Endeavour” for two main reasons:
1. As NASA, SpaceX and the US have been endeavouring since 2011, for 9 years, for this event to happen. Making history and launching American Astronauts from American soil to the International Space Station for the first time.
2. And, for personal reasons, as both of their first flights was named “Shuttle Endeavour“, hence the name.
Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have acquired praises and words of appreciation from the authorities of the US to all the people residing there including many people from around the world, as this is the first time NASA astronauts will test the spacecraft systems in orbit and is a step towards humanity.
Bob Behnken, is a NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office. He flew aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-123 (2008) and STS-130 (2010) as a mission specialist, accumulating over 708 hours in space, including 37 hours of spacewalk time. Assigned to the SpaceX Dragon Capsule in 2018 as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Behnken launched aboard the spacecraft’s first crewed mission with fellow astronaut Doug Hurley on May 30, 2020. The mission, Crew Dragon Demo-2, took Behnken and Hurley to the International Space Station, where they docked and will stay for several weeks.
Doug Hurley, is an American engineer, former Marine Corps pilot, and current NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle missions STS-127 (July 2009) and STS-135 (July 2011), the final flight of the Space Shuttle program. He launched into space for the third time as Commander of Crew Dragon Demo-2, the first crewed spaceflight from American soil since STS-135. He was also the first Marine to fly the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet. Assigned to the SpaceX Dragon Capsule in 2018 as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, Doug launched aboard the spacecraft’s first crewed mission with fellow astronaut Bob Behnken on May 30, 2020. The mission, Crew Dragon Demo-2, took Doug and Behnken to the International Space Station, where they docked and will stay for several weeks.
Along with the members of the International Space Station with other 63 crew members, they will carry out tests relating to SpaceX and after Splashdown will be collected by SpaceX’s Go Navigator recovery vessel and return to Cape Canaveral.
