SpaceX is also looking to ramp up Falcon 9 launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. In December, the DAF released a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) around the redevelopment of Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 6, which would double Falcon 9’s cadence from 50 to 100 launches per year.

Reaching orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the newest crew includes NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both military pilots; and Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, both former airline pilots. They will spend the next six months at the space station, considered the normal stint, after springing Wilmore and Williams free.