Launch America

Launch America is a public–private partnership between the United States and multiple space companies, closely related to NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The term "Launch America" was used as early as May 2016.^[1] The initiative aims to end NASA's reliance on Roscosmos by developing launch systems that can carry crews to space from American soil.^[2][3]

Launch America
Status	Active
Genre	Long-term public-private partnership
Country	United States
Years active	5
Previous event	SpaceX Crew-10
Next event	SpaceX Crew-11
Organized by	NASA

The first space launch under the "Launch America" banner occurred at the Demo-2 mission on 30 May 2020, successfully taking two astronauts to the International Space Station. This marked both the first launch of astronauts by a wholly commercial provider mission in the world, as well as the first crewed space launch by the U.S. in a decade, and the first ever crewed space launch by SpaceX.^[4][5][6]

Flights

Mission and Patch	Capsule	Launch date	Landing date	Description	Crew	Outcome
Demo-2	Crew Dragon Endeavour	30 May 2020[5][6]	2 August 2020	First space launch under "Launch America" banner. This marked both the first launch of astronauts by a wholly commercial provider mission in the world, and the first crewed space launch by the U.S. in a decade, as well as being the first ever crewed space launch by SpaceX.	Douglas Hurley Robert Behnken	Success
SpaceX Crew-1	Crew Dragon Resilience	16 November 2020[7]	2 May 2021[8]	First operational Commercial Crew flight, second overall crewed orbital flight of Crew Dragon, flying four astronauts to the ISS for a six-month mission. Roscosmos had not yet certified the Crew Dragon vehicle, so a third NASA astronaut was added instead of a Russian cosmonaut.[9] Broke the record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crew vehicle, previously held by the Skylab 4 mission.[10] All members of this flight were part of the Expedition 64 crew.	Michael Hopkins Victor Glover Soichi Noguchi Shannon Walker	Success
SpaceX Crew-2	Crew Dragon Endeavour	23 April 2021[11]	9 November 2021[12]	Second operational Commercial Crew flight, third overall crewed orbital flight of Crew Dragon, transferring crew to the ISS for a six-month mission. NASA agreed to allow SpaceX to reuse a booster and capsule for the first time on this flight. It was the first NASA orbital flight to reuse a crewed vehicle since STS-135 in 2011. After spending almost 200 days in orbit, the Crew Dragon Endeavour set the record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. crew vehicle previously set by her sibling Crew Dragon Resilience on May 2, 2021.[13] All members of this flight were part of the Expedition 65 crew.	R. Shane Kimbrough K. Megan McArthur[a] Akihiko Hoshide Thomas Pesquet [b][15]	Success
SpaceX Crew-3	Crew Dragon Endurance	11 November 2021[16]	6 May 2022[17]	Third operational Commercial Crew flight, fifth overall crewed flight of Crew Dragon, transporting four astronauts to the ISS for a six-month mission. All members of this flight were part of the Expedition 66 and Expedition 67 crews.	Raja Chari Thomas Marshburn Kayla Barron[15][18] Matthias Maurer[c]	Success
SpaceX Crew-4	Crew Dragon Freedom	27 April 2022[19]	14 October 2022[20]	The fourth flight contracted under CCP contract and the seventh overall crewed flight of Crew Dragon.[21] All members of this flight were part of the Expedition 67 and Expedition 68 crews.	Kjell Lindgren Bob Hines[22] [23][24] Samantha Cristoforetti[25][26] Jessica Watkins[27]	Success
SpaceX Crew-5	Crew Dragon Endurance[28]	5 October 2022[29]	18 March 2023[30]	The fifth flight contracted under CCP contract and the eighth overall crewed orbital flight of Crew Dragon.[21] The fourth astronaut is Russian cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, flying on this mission as a part of Dragon–Soyuz swap flights that ensures both countries would have a presence on the station, and the ability to maintain their separate systems, if either Soyuz or commercial crew vehicles are grounded for an extended period.[31] All members of this flight are part of the Expedition 68 and Expedition 69 crews.	Nicole Aunapu Mann Josh Cassada Koichi Wakata Anna Kikina[32][33][34]	Success
SpaceX Crew-6	Crew Dragon Endeavour[35]	2 March 2023[36]	4 September 2023	The sixth flight contracted under CCP contract.[21]	Stephen Bowen Warren Hoburg Sultan Al Neyadi Andrey Fedyaev	Success
SpaceX Crew-7	Crew Dragon Endurance	26 August 2023[37]	12 March 2024	In late 2021, NASA contracted SpaceX for three more Commercial Crew Flights starting from Crew-7.[38]	Jasmin Moghbeli[39] Andreas Mogensen[40] Satoshi Furukawa Konstantin Borisov[41]	Success
SpaceX Crew-8	Crew Dragon Endeavour	4 March 2024	25 October 2024	In late 2021, NASA contracted SpaceX for three more Commercial Crew Flights starting from Crew-7.[38]	Matthew Dominick Michael Barratt Jeanette Epps Alexander Grebenkin[42]	Success
Boeing Crew Flight Test (patch)	Starliner Calypso[43]	5 June 2024	7 September 2024	The first crewed mission of Boeing Starliner. Landed uncrewed due to malfunctioning thrusters.	Barry Eugene Wilmore Sunita Williams	Partial failure
SpaceX Crew-9	Crew Dragon Freedom	28 September 2024	19 March 2025	The ninth flight contracted under CCP contract and the fifteenth overall crewed flight of Crew Dragon.[21] All members of this flight were part of the Expedition 72 crew.	Nick Hague Aleksandr Gorbunov[44]	Success
SpaceX Crew-10	Crew Dragon Endurance	14 March 2025	July 2025	In May 2022, NASA contracted SpaceX for five more Commercial Crew Flights starting from Crew-10.	Anne McClain Nichole Ayers Takuya Onishi Kirill Peskov	In Progress
SpaceX Crew-11[45]	Crew Dragon Endeavour	1 August 2025	March 2026	In May 2022, NASA contracted SpaceX for five more Commercial Crew Flights starting from Crew-10.	Zena Cardman Michael Fincke Kimiya Yui Oleg Platonov	In progress
Boeing Starliner-1	Starliner Spacecraft 2	TBD	TBD	First operational flight of Boeing Starliner.	Scott D. Tingle TBA Joshua Kutryk TBA	Planned
SpaceX Crew-12[45]	TBA	TBA	TBA	In May 2022, NASA contracted SpaceX for five more Commercial Crew Flights starting from Crew-10.	TBA	Planned
SpaceX Crew-13[45]	TBA	TBA	TBA	In May 2022, NASA contracted SpaceX for five more Commercial Crew Flights starting from Crew-10.	TBA	Planned
SpaceX Crew-14[45]	TBA	TBA	TBA	In May 2022, NASA contracted SpaceX for five more Commercial Crew Flights starting from Crew-10.	TBA	Planned

Notes

1. Alongside the 3 other crew members, Megan McArthur is using the same seat of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour in this mission which her husband, Bob Behnken, used in SpaceX Demo-2 mission, the first mission of the Endeavour capsule.^[14]
2. The European Portion of SpaceX Crew-2 is called Mission Alpha, which is headed by Thomas Pesquet shown by the logo
3. The European Portion of SpaceX Crew-3 is called Mission Cosmic Kiss, which is headed by Matthias Maurer shown by the logo