SpaceX capsule felt like riding a real dragon, says astronaut

Nasa astronauts from left to right pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Shannon Walker, Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi and flight engineer Kate Rubins (Nasa via AP)

The most experienced astronaut on SpaceX’s newly launched crew has said that riding a Dragon capsule to orbit is like being inside the actual mythical beast, and a lot more fun than Nasa’s shuttles or Russian flights.

As for the crew’s newest member, he pulled more Gs, or gravity forces, flying fighter jets in the Navy, but they did not last nearly as long as they did during his “awesome” first rocket launch, he said.