Mike Hopkins Flight Assignment: SpaceX's First Operational Mission/Crew-1 Selected to NASA Astronaut Corps: 2009 Previous Spaceflights: One Michael S. Hopkins was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2009 and is a veteran of one space mission. He currently is training for the first operational flight—the second crew flight—for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. Hopkins and his crewmate, Victor Glover, Soichi Noguchi and Shannon Walker, are working closely with SpaceX on their new spacecraft systems. Crew Dragon will provide round-trip crew transportation services to the International Space Station and, along with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, return the nation's ability to launch humans to low-Earth orbit from the United States. The Missouri native was a member of the Expedition 37/38 crew and has logged 166 days in space and conducted two spacewalks totaling 12 hours and 58 minutes. Hopkins is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Find more about Hopkins here: https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/michael-s- hopkins Doug Hurley Flight Assignment: SpaceX Demo-2 Selected to NASA Astronaut Corps: 2000 Previous Spaceflights: Two Douglas G. Hurley was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2000 and is a veteran of two spaceflights. Hurley currently is training for the Demo-2 flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, the first crewed flight for the company's next-generation spacecraft. Hurley will be the spacecraft commander for Demo-2, responsible for activities such as launch, landing and recovery. He and his crewmate, Bob Behnken, are working closely with SpaceX to develop its new spacecraft systems, which will provide round-trip crew transportation services to the International Space Station and, along with Boeing’s Starliner, return the ability to launch humans into low-Earth orbit from the United States. A native of New York, Hurley piloted space shuttle missions STS-127 in July 2009 and STS-135 in July 2011. He has logged more than 680 hours in space. Hurley is a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel. Find more about Hurley here: https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/douglas-g- hurley