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NASA has released the names of the first nine US astronauts for the first four manned, commercial space flights. A mixture of ex-Space Shuttle crews and test pilots, the nine men and women will be the first to ride on an American-made and flagged spacecraft since the Shuttle was retired in 2011.

The 14th SpaceX mission to the International Space Station returned safely to Earth. The unmanned Dragon cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at approximately 3:00 pm EDT on May 5, six and a half hours after the craft was released from the station.

SpaceX's 14th mission to the International Space Station (ISS), and the second to use a refurbished Dragon cargo ship and Falcon 9 first stage booster in a single mission, has successfully launched. Onboard the unmanned spacecraft is about 5,800 lb (2,630 kg) of experiments and supplies.

​SpaceX has been carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) for more than five years, but the company achieved something special with its latest visit, completing the mission using a refurbished Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft together for the first time. ​​

In an Instagram post, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk released the full-view image of company's starkly futuristic spacesuit standing next to the Crew Dragon capsule with the comment, "Astronaut spacesuit next to Crew Dragon."

SpaceX racked up another first today as its Dragon capsule returned from the International Space Station (ISS) for the second time. The unmanned cargo ship, which previously visited the station in 2014, splashed own in the Pacific Ocean at 8:12 am EDT after spending a month in space.

SpaceX's ISS resupply mission that launched on Saturday marked yet another milestone for the company: the first time a Dragon had been re-flown. NASA has this morning confirmed that the recycled spacecraft has arrived safely at its destination. ​​

SpaceX penned another line in the history books today as a refurbished Dragon cargo ship lifted off atop a Falcon 9 booster at 5:07 pm EDT from LC-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This marks the first time that the same unmanned spacecraft has returned to the station.

​When it comes to SpaceX sending people into space, we generally think of the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft taking astronauts to the International Space Station. In a recent announcement, however, it was revealed that SpaceX plans to fly paying customers around the moon late next year.

SpaceX has suffered another setback with the first manned flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft being delayed until 2018. According to NASA, the SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2 will not fly until May 2018 instead of in the second quarter of 2017 as previously planned.

SpaceX's Dragon capsule has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean with more than a ton of scientific cargo aboard, with heart cells and space mice hidden amongst its latest haul. ​

SpaceX has been awarded a second post-certification mission order for its Crew Dragon manned spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.