Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi said Thursday that U.S. company SpaceX's Crew Dragon vessel provided "the best" ride as compared to the two other spacecraft — the U.S. Space Shuttle and Russia's Soyuz craft — he has previously flown in for missions to the International Space Station.
"The Dragon is the best, short answer. And of course each vehicle has its own peculiarity, but I feel Dragon is really ready to go up ... It's fun to ride," said Noguchi, 55, during a news conference at the ISS with other astronauts from NASA. He has become the only active astronaut to launch aboard three different types of spacecraft.
The Crew Dragon, carrying Noguchi and three American astronauts, docked with the ISS on Monday following its liftoff atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida a day earlier.