{"id":17700,"date":"2020-05-30T22:05:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/crew-dragons-astronauts-give-their-spacex-spaceship-a-storied-name-endeavour\/"},"modified":"2020-05-30T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T14:05:42","slug":"crew-dragons-astronauts-give-their-spacex-spaceship-a-storied-name-endeavour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/crew-dragons-astronauts-give-their-spacex-spaceship-a-storied-name-endeavour\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew Dragon\u2019s astronauts give their SpaceX spaceship a storied name: Endeavour"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_566441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-566441\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-566441\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/200530-dragon-630x393.jpg\" alt=\"Hurley and Behnken\" width=\"630\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/200530-dragon-630x393.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/200530-dragon-1260x786.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/200530-dragon-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/200530-dragon-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/200530-dragon.jpg 1577w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-566441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (foreground) and Bob Behnken (background) provide a tour of their Crew Dragon space taxi. (NASA via YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The two NASA astronauts who rode SpaceX\u2019s first crew-carrying Dragon capsule to orbit today named their spacecraft, continuing a tradition that goes back to the earliest days of America\u2019s space effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know most of you, at SpaceX especially, know it as Capsule 206,\u201d Hurley said over a space-to-ground video link a few hours after launch. \u201cBut I think all of us thought that maybe we could do a little bit better than that. So, without further ado, we would like to welcome you aboard capsule Endeavour.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"callout clearfix\"><strong>\u2018Light this candle\u2019:<\/strong> SpaceX sends NASA astronauts on historic trip to space station<\/h4>\n<p>Hurley said the name was chosen to recognize the \u201cincredible endeavor\u201d that SpaceX and NASA have taken on in the wake of the space shuttle fleet\u2019s retirement in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He and his crewmate, Bob Behnken, also have a personal connection to the name. \u201cWe both had our first flights on shuttle Endeavour, and it just meant so much to us to carry on that name,\u201d Hurley explained.<\/p>\n<p>The space shuttle Endeavour, now on exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, isn\u2019t the only precedent for the Crew Dragon\u2019s new name: Apollo 15\u2019s command module, which went to the moon in 1971, was named Endeavour as well. Apollo 15 commander David Scott said that name was chosen in honor of the HMS Endeavour, British explorer James Cook\u2019s 18th-century research vessel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Tour from Space: Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft on Its Way to the Space Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/llbIzbOStt4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There was another pet name revealed today. It\u2019s traditional for spacefliers to bring a plush toy or trinket aboard their spacecraft to serve as a zero-G indicator when weightlessness kicks in during spaceflight. Behnken said that his son and Hurley\u2019s son settled on a sequined plush dinosaur named Tremor to become the mission\u2019s zero-G stowaway.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that Tremor quickly sold out on Amazon: The same thing happened last year when a plush Planet Earth was tucked aboard a robotic Crew Dragon as a zero-G indicator for an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station and back. Endeavour is due to dock with the space station on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few other tidbits from the Crew Dragon\u2019s launch day:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During a post-launch news briefing, Kathy Lueders, NASA\u2019s program manager for commercial crew noted that Hurley and Behnken have been nicknamed the Dads. That \u201cmay have something to do with their age,\u201d she said. \u201cI can say that because they\u2019re on orbit,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a few months before they come back and kick me.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was asked when his company\u2019s Starship super-rocket, which is currently under development, could be expected to make its first flight around the moon. Musk replied that he wants it to happen, but acknowledged that he tends to have trouble sticking to deadlines. \u201cI would be surprised if it took more than four\u201d years, he said. SpaceX is receiving $135 million from NASA to support the first phase of Starship\u2019s development as a potential lunar lander, to be used on NASA Artemis missions by as early as 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Musk noted that SpaceX was founded 18 years ago to fly people into space, and said that goal has now been achieved. But he also said the company\u2019s ultimate goal is to make humanity a multiplanet species by making it possible to establish a city on Mars. \u201cWe must make life interplanetary,\u201d Musk said. \u201cI call upon the public to support this goal, and to think about this goal. \u2026 We\u2019ve got to get it done.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>President\u2019s pride:<\/strong> Donald Trump hails space effort as a force for unity<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (foreground) and Bob Behnken (background) provide a tour of their Crew Dragon space taxi. 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