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But now, preflight testing for a new Starship is underway as Musk indicates the commercial spaceflight company is working toward a launch in August.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
This was the 19th flight of the first-stage booster, which launched both Crew 3 and Crew 4 human spaceflight missions.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
That crew has not been named; NASA does require all private ISS spaceflight missions be commanded by a retired agency astronaut, however.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The most recent of SpaceX's private human spaceflights, a mission known as Fram2, took place in April.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
This was the 19th flight of the first-stage booster, which launched both Crew 3 and Crew 4 human spaceflight missions.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
That crew has not been named; NASA does require all private ISS spaceflight missions be commanded by a retired agency astronaut, however.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The most recent of SpaceX's private human spaceflights, a mission known as Fram2, took place in April.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025
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“Spaceflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceflight. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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spaceflight
noun
space·flight
ˈspās-ˌflīt 
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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