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The most recent of SpaceX's private human spaceflights, a mission known as Fram2, took place in April.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 June 2025
From a technical perspective, these flights aren't breaking any new ground in human spaceflight or rocketry.
—Stephen Clark – Jun 6, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Dragon is a crucial workhorse of U.S. human spaceflight.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 June 2025
This will be Endurance’s third spaceflight after having been used on the Crew-3 and Crew-5 missions.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 June 2025
From a technical perspective, these flights aren't breaking any new ground in human spaceflight or rocketry.
—Stephen Clark – Jun 6, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Dragon is a crucial workhorse of U.S. human spaceflight.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 June 2025
This will be Endurance’s third spaceflight after having been used on the Crew-3 and Crew-5 missions.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
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“Spaceflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceflight. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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spaceflight
noun
space·flight
ˈspās-ˌflīt 
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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