{"id":113423,"date":"2020-09-25T18:22:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T01:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/astronauts-that-will-launch-on-spacexs-third-crewed-flight-are-actively-training-to-ride-dragon"},"modified":"2020-09-25T18:22:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T01:22:31","slug":"astronauts-that-will-launch-on-spacexs-third-crewed-flight-are-actively-training-to-ride-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/astronauts-that-will-launch-on-spacexs-third-crewed-flight-are-actively-training-to-ride-dragon","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts that will launch on SpaceX\u2019s third crewed flight are actively training to ride Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/astronauts-that-will-launch-on-spacexs-third-crewed-flight-are-actively-training-to-ride-dragon.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ESA Astronaut Pesquet revealed Crew-2 has been actively training for \u201cMission Alpha\u201d aboard Crew Dragon. He shared photographs via Twitter of him training on SpaceX\u2019s Crew Dragon simulator which involves learning how to control the spacecraft\u2019s functions via a trio of touchscreen displays. \u2013 \u201cHere\u2019s the posse together, training on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\">@SpaceX<\/a> crew dragon. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aki_Hoshide\">@Aki_Hoshide<\/a> looking like a boss, and all of us wishing we had as cool socks as our awesome pilot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Astro_Megan\">@Astro_Megan<\/a>. #MissionAlpha,\u201d he wrote. During training, all astronauts are wearing face masks to protect each other from the coronavirus respiratory illness, pictured below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"\"><p>Here\u2019s the posse together, training on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\">@SpaceX<\/a> crew dragon. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aki_Hoshide\">@Aki_Hoshide<\/a> looking like a boss, and all of us wishing we had as cool socks as our awesome pilot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Astro_Megan\">@Astro_Megan<\/a>. #MissionAlpha <a href=\"http:\/\/pic.twitter.com\/UCDJvTcRgp&mdash;\">pic.twitter.com\/UCDJvTcRgp\u2014<\/a> Thomas Pesquet (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thom_astro\">@Thom_astro<\/a>) September 23, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To familiarize with the spacecraft, the astronauts train with an interactive simulator and touchscreen interface that is a replica of Dragon\u2019s cockpit. Earlier this year, SpaceX released an online game that allows players to try to dock the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the Space Station, using similar controls the astronauts will use during their voyage in space. You can play the online game on SpaceX\u2019s website: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iss-sim.spacex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crew Dragon Simulator<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESA Astronaut Pesquet revealed Crew-2 has been actively training for \u201cMission Alpha\u201d aboard Crew Dragon. He shared photographs via Twitter of him training on SpaceX\u2019s Crew Dragon simulator which involves learning how to control the spacecraft\u2019s functions via a trio of touchscreen displays. \u2013 \u201cHere\u2019s the posse together, training on @SpaceX crew dragon. @Aki_Hoshide looking [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1509,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-entertainment","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}