SpaceX's Dragon is 'fun to ride', says Japanese astronaut who flew three Space Shuttles

Japanese astronaut from NASA’s “Crew-1” mission who flew aboard three kinds of craft, Soichi guchi, on vember 19 lauded Elon Musk owned X’s first-ever commercial shuttle into International Station (ISS) saying that Dragon capsule was a “fun ride”. Sharing his experience about lift-off onboard “Resilience” from Kennedy Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, guchi said that journey inside privately-owned taxi was a lot more fun than NASA's shuttles that he h been on during his previous missions.  astronauts were joined by flight engineer Kate Rubins for a question and answer round which was live-streamed by NASA. 

Speaking at his first press conference from ISS, astronaut Soichi guchi said, ” Dragon is best, short answer,” ding, “it really wanted to go to .” guchi said that it was a memorable event as ride inside Dragon rocket felt like “you are actually inside a dragon bringing us up to , so that was quite a feeling.” Meanwhile, Victor Glover, crew's pilot shared positive feedback, saying, “In a fighter, you can't hold 4 G's for several minutes, t most aircraft. I've been able to feel that for a few seconds. But to have that for an extended period was just truly amazing.” He ded, “ whole experience is surreal. I've seen tons of pictures. But when I first looked out window at Earth, it's hard to describe. re are words, it was an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime feeling.”

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Commander Mike Hopkins joked that his ride into was “probably a little rougher than Baby Yoda was used to,” hinting at Star Wars’ Mandalorian character, a toy that he carried onboard ISS. “re's energy up here,” said NASA astronaut Kate Rubins. Crew Dragon carrying 4 astronauts docked on ISS on vember 16, a day after its scheduled launch for vember 15 at 7:27 p.m. EST which was postponed due to onshore winds and unfavourable conditions.

NASA retired from shuttle fleet in 2011

NASA’s Crew-1 mission is first regular commercial mission to be licensed by Federal Aviation ministration with privately-owned Crew Dragon astronaut taxi. X owned capsule pulled up at ISS after a successful 27-hour automated flight with a linkup that h occurred 262 miles (422 kilometers) above Idaho. astronauts will remain on ISS until spring until second Dragon brings a replacement crew in April. NASA retired from shuttle fleet in 2011 and turned to Boeing and  X to transport manned mission. 

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