Gorbunov (left) and Hague enjoy a lighter moment during pre-launch training in a SpaceX simulator. / Credit: NASA Hague is a Space Force colonel, a former F-16 test pilot and combat veteran who ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said this could be ... Dressed in a spacesuit and sitting next to a window, this anthropomorphic simulator is fitted with sensors around the head, neck, and spine.

NASA selected SpaceX as one of the partners for the program ... The astronauts had to experience being inside the cockpit simulator or capsule simulator and react to different in-flight situations.