SpaceX is closing in on its first human spaceflight, aiming to fly NASA astronauts to space in May.
SpaceX is "gunning for May" to launch NASA astronauts on its first spaceflight with crew, president and COO Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday.
"We're gunning for May. We have work to do, NASA has work to do," Shotwell said at the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington, D.C. "I think with the training that Bob and Doug are going through right now ... I think we can be done by May, but we want to be ready to fly in May," Shotwell said.
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