The SpaceX Crew-2 mission launched on April 23 from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida and docked to the space station on April 24. SpaceXs next team rotation objective, Crew-3, is slated to introduce to the space station on Oct. 31. They will introduce on a new Crew Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a six-month science objective at the orbiting lab.

Contact and soft capture confirmed at 7:35 am ET. With 4 Crew-2 astronauts aboard, the @SpaceX Crew Dragon docked to the @Space_Station Harmony modules space-facing port, moving from the forward port to release up a spot for the next @Commercial_Crew spacecraft to arrive. pic.twitter.com/Jej8VHdJ4oJuly 21, 2021See moreNASAs SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts on the International Space Station moved the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour ahead of Boeings Starliner spacecraft arrival next weekend. The relocation occurred on Wednesday (July 21), when NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet moved Endeavour from the forward port of the space stations Harmony module to the space-facing port.The moving maneuver took less than one hour to complete and the capsule re-docked at 7:35 a.m. EDT (1135 GMT), according to a statement from NASA. Related: SpaceXs Crew-2 objective to the International Space Station in photos Moving Endeavour included NASAs Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) objective, which is slated to launch to the space station on July 30 and get here the next day. Boeings CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will dock at Harmonys forward port, marking the very first time 2 various U.S. commercial team spacecraft will be docked to the spaceport station at the same time, according to the statement. The OFT-2 objective will be Boeings 2nd test flight effort, created to evaluate the end-to-end capabilities of its Starliner spacecraft, consisting of launch, docking, climatic re-entry and a desert landing in the western U.S. Boeings first Starliner test flight introduced in December 2019, but the spacecraft did not reach the station as prepared due to a series of technical problems. ” The uncrewed objective will offer valuable information about Boeings team transport system and help NASA license Starliner and the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for regular flights with astronauts to and from the area station,” NASA authorities stated in the declaration. Wednesdays port moving represented the second time this year that astronauts have had to shuffle spacecraft around at the area station. In April, NASAs SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts finished the first commercial team port moving at the orbiting lab when they moved Crew Dragon Resilience ahead of the SpaceX Crew-2 arrival. The SpaceX Crew-2 mission released on April 23 from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida and docked to the area station on April 24. The crew is targeting an early-to-mid November return to Earth and will sprinkle down off the coast of Florida. SpaceXs next crew rotation objective, Crew-3, is slated to launch to the area station on Oct. 31. Crew-3 includes NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer. They will launch on a new Crew Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a six-month science mission at the orbiting laboratory. NASA and SpaceX have a total of 6 certified crew missions prepared as a part of the firms Commercial Crew Program, according to the statement.Follow Samantha Mathewson @Sam_Ashley13. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook..