https://phys.org/news/2020-11-astron...-2nd-crew.html
Astronauts head to launch site for SpaceX's 2nd crew flight
Four astronauts headed to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX's second crew launch, coming up next weekend.....
The crew of three Americans and one Japanese are scheduled to rocket away Saturday night. It will be a speedy trip to the space station, a six-orbit express lasting under nine hours.....
SpaceX's Benji Reed said the company expects to launch seven Dragons over the next 14 months: three for crew and four for cargo. "Every time there's a Dragon launch, there will be two Dragons in space," said Reed, director of crew mission management.
NASA's other hired taxi service, meanwhile, Boeing, isn't expected to fly its first crew until next summer. The company plans a second unpiloted
test flight in a couple months; the first one suffered so many software problems that the Starliner capsule failed to reach the space station.......