Fram2 - the first human spaceflight to explore Earth's polar regions - lifts off from pad 39A in Florida only 17 days after Falcon 9 successfully launched @NASA's Crew-10 to the @Space_Station

We put the human in human spaceflight this week as test subjects for @esa’s GRASP and GRIP experiments. These human research studies are exploring the role of gravity in hand-eye coordination and motor control, helping us prepare for future missions further into the system.

A historic partnership dedicated to advancing commercial human spaceflight. Thank you to France, @EmmanuelMacron, @CNES for your leadership, and to @ESA for its support as we work together toward two crewed missions in 2027. Photo taken at Choose France 2026 event on June 1, 2026, in Versailles, Paris, with @AschbacherJosef, @arno_astro, @Thom_astro, @LionelSuchet, @maxhaot, and Giorgio Saccoccia. Announcement blog post:

The @framonauts flew aboard Dragon’s 17th human spaceflight mission – with 66 crewmembers now having flown aboard the spacecraft – and became the first Dragon crew to splash down in the Pacific Ocean

SpaceX Dragon has built an insane record in human spaceflight history 57 launches 20 human spaceflight missions 78 crewmembers flown 20 countries represented 1,000+ research experiments 300,000+ pounds of cargo And Dragon has been breaking barriers from the beginning: • First privately developed spacecraft to orbit Earth and return safely • First commercial spacecraft to visit the ISS • First private spacecraft to carry humans to the ISS • Currently the only spacecraft flying capable of returning significant amounts of cargo from orbit Dragon helped create the era of commercial human spaceflight

The Soyuz program traces its lineage to the first human spaceflight. Part of flying on the Soyuz includes joining that tradition. I wanted to share some of that experience here. Before we leave for Kazakhstan next week, we participated in that tradition and visited Red Square to lay flowers on the memorials of Yuri Gagarin, Sergey Korolev, and other cosmonauts. I’ve read a lot of books on the subject, but it’s hard to imagine what it was like to witness those first space flights. I can only think it was like seeing self-landing rockets, Artemis, and a moonbase become a reality. These next few years will be amazing to witness!